Territorial control?
Originally Posted by
BoulderDawg
Show me the question you are talking about. I don't think I, or anyone else here for that matter, is so stupid that we don't know that it's bad form for one instructor to invade the territory of another.
I was addressing the combination of your and KC's exchange, including someone's comment regarding anyone wanting to open a school anywhere they want (I know I am generalizing), and which I didn't say was "invading," but I guess that would be one way of looking at someone opening a school within a competitive distance to another, without some permission, or at least coordination. And including your question:
"Why do they need to be groups of schools under this or that elder/senior master?"
At least implying, an E/SM is the "head" of that area, and all schools within that "area" are "under" that Master. That seems to be consistent with a practiced business model of dividing areas into regions, with regional "managers," and individual districts, or territories, whatever you want to call them. I intended to address the concept, maybe not the exact words. I will plead guilty to going beyond the exact words of your question, in an attempt to address the broader concept, and was not implying anyone is "stupid." Note my history of posting: I do not attack anyone, particularly someone's intelligence whom I have never met -- although I may challenge their statements if constructive to do so.
Just One Student
"I seek, not to know all the answers, but to understand the questions." --- Kwai Chang Caine
(I'd really like to know all the answers, too, but understanding the questions, like most of my martial arts practice, is a more realistically attainable goal)