Dosetsu:
What does IIRC mean? You are right about private lessons in anything will run up in costs. What concerns me is that my lessons may not be totally private, he mentions I might train with someone else also. I guess for person who wants to save money a dojo is the best thing. I am thinking sparring or training with others is usually best. But private lessons are good if you are preparing for a big tournament or if you have an irregular schedule. Did you train one on one with your instructor. This instructor right now goes 4 hours one way and 4 hours back to train with Jack Hoban once a week.
Right now your school seems to have the best price. It had the best price with your first dojo. I can sort of see how having the best price can hurt the practitioner. I am thinking the owner may not be able to cover things like rent, electric, and props? When business owners are making money this gives them an incentive to stay, like maybe the instructor will contintue teaching. A friend in college had to stop training because his instructor moved. Now his instructor could have moved outside of the reason of the dojo.
From the post were you help your friend with his chocolate addiction. It sounds like you are like a problem solver for people. I heard Tony Robbins did that in high school. Your friends definately like having you around and hope that you never move.
Did they say if Frank Dux's kumite story was made up?
I remember he and Van Damme got into a lawsuit.
Parag Shah
