I’ve been training and coaching martial arts since 1993, I’ve seen a lot of people come and go. And I can tell you that there are just as many methods of training and teach as there are people. However, you can narrow it down to two basic concepts; fear based and love based.
Pushing someone hard can get a person to the next level, so long as it fuels their motivation to achieve a goal. Encouraging and loving words such as, “you can do it” and “keep going” are very powerful!
Pushing someone using fear as a tactic works only far. The one receiving the discipline will do what it takes to fulfill the orders, but will not go any further. Fear instructs what to think and what not to do; training the mind to recognize mistakes and failures. This limits the minds ability to be creative and can cause a paralysis in growth, and can snowball into a victim mentality, blaming outside circumstances for failures.
One who is encouraged tends to go beyond the order and grows loyalty towards the instructor. Encouragement teaches one how to think, rather than what to think. This empowers independence, looking inwards to personal power to solve challenges, and gets the brain recognizing opportunities and successes. This ultimately creates confidence, promoting levels of focus and discipline.
Also, using fear methods to teach takes a toll on the instructor. Like the saying goes, “Live by the sword. Die by the sword”, soon you will find that those who are capable will leave you as their growth is stifled, and those remaining are ones always in need of a leader; ultimately requires the instructor to always put energy in. From experience, this is draining.
Take note of how you train and teach. You maybe surprised that you might need a little nurturing yourself. There are no bad students...only bad teachers.
Pushing someone hard can get a person to the next level, so long as it fuels their motivation to achieve a goal. Encouraging and loving words such as, “you can do it” and “keep going” are very powerful!
Pushing someone using fear as a tactic works only far. The one receiving the discipline will do what it takes to fulfill the orders, but will not go any further. Fear instructs what to think and what not to do; training the mind to recognize mistakes and failures. This limits the minds ability to be creative and can cause a paralysis in growth, and can snowball into a victim mentality, blaming outside circumstances for failures.
One who is encouraged tends to go beyond the order and grows loyalty towards the instructor. Encouragement teaches one how to think, rather than what to think. This empowers independence, looking inwards to personal power to solve challenges, and gets the brain recognizing opportunities and successes. This ultimately creates confidence, promoting levels of focus and discipline.
Also, using fear methods to teach takes a toll on the instructor. Like the saying goes, “Live by the sword. Die by the sword”, soon you will find that those who are capable will leave you as their growth is stifled, and those remaining are ones always in need of a leader; ultimately requires the instructor to always put energy in. From experience, this is draining.
Take note of how you train and teach. You maybe surprised that you might need a little nurturing yourself. There are no bad students...only bad teachers.