i have seen in a few cases that some things need to be stretched out. a lot of people now do not want to spend the time on the "boring" basic stuff and do not understand that this is the most important to learn. so i can see strecthing out some things to kind of force people to learn certain things better. many times people fly through the primary levels and lose many of the basic techniques and strengths that are supposed to be learned in the beginning. back in the old days they would do stance training for hours at a time for months or years. this would seperate the dedicated from the ones who thought that it would be "neat" to try kung fu. unfortunately haveing a kung fu school as a business this cannot really be done. also, as far as i know the ranking system was something that started here in the US. once it caught on in some schools it kinda forced other schools to have a similar system. people see a black belt and it can go to their head sometimes. it is a good way to seperate a class so students can better learn or train with students in their own level but i really dont like the level testing thing. i think testing should be done when a form is finished before moving on, but thats just me. anyways, best thing to do is just check ouot the school and compare it to others in your area. better to have a good teacher than just pick any "stlye" that you think you might like.
Last edited by gwa sow; 11-23-2005 at 12:45 PM.
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