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- From: ber@otter.hpl.hp.com (Brenda Romans)
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:12:28 GMT
- Subject: Re: Charging for training?
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- I too was surprised at the way martial arts are taught in the USA. I did
- Shotokan Karate for a couple of years here in England and just paid the going
- rate for any sports at the sports hall (approx 1 pound to 1.50). After about a
- year the instructor packed in his job to teach Karate full time because he
- loved it. I don't know how he made any money because he didn't charge any
- more. The "important" Shotokan guys from Liverpool seemed to be making money
- but this was from commercial ventures associated with Karate - manufacturing
- suits and bags, making videos and writing books. They did hold special
- training sessions and courses throughout the country but the charges were
- nothing much, maybe five pounds for a one day course (and it might not even
- have been that.) I don't think that you can make much money in England just
- doing martial arts training, people just wouldn't pay.
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- Judo in England is quite different. At my club I pay 1.50 (pounds) for a 1.5
- hour session and *all* the money goes into club funds. It pays for the hall
- fees and anything else that the club needs. The guys in charge run the club
- and teach because the like doing it, and it's a pretty good club. I have never
- heard of Judo training being run on a commercial basis. Maybe judo is
- different because it is more of a sport.
-
- BTW, I've never paid term fees - the arrangement at any judo or Karate club
- I've been to was to pay whatever the fee was on the night. If I didn't go, I
- didn't pay.
-
- How exactly do the operations in the USA work?
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- How much do you pay?
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- Are there commercial Judo outfits?
-
- Cheers
-
- Brenda
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