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09-22-2008, 10:08 AM
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Why do you operate a dojo?
Why do you hang a shingle and teach?
Is it for fame and fortune?
Is it because you have something to offer?
Is it because you want a place to train?
Why???
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09-22-2008, 12:36 PM
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Dojo: Shudokan School of Aikido
Location: Houston
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
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Ricky Wood wrote:
Why do you hang a shingle and teach?
Is it for fame and fortune?
Is it because you have something to offer?
Is it because you want a place to train?
Why???
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At the time I started the Shudokan School of Aikido, circumstances were forcing me to leave the dojo I was in but I really was enjoying learning from our Shihan, Hiroshi Kato so I opened my own dojo so I could keep studying under him. I consider myself qualified only to get beginners started and after that, they are free to find a more experienced and qualified instructor locally.
Best wishes,
Jorge
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"It is the philosophy that gives meaning to the method of training."
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09-22-2008, 12:46 PM
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
Funny choices. Who's really going to post and say 'for fame and fortune'?
Although partly just because you'd sound like a bit of a nut ('cause we all know so many rich and famous martial arts instructors, right? I think it's probably right up there with 'teaching art lessons to kids' in terms of fame and fortune.)
Oh yeah, also the fact that I wanted to be the boss and have people bow to me. And because I know so much that people need me.
I don't operate a dojo, so I can't answer seriously, just amused by the wording of the question. Probably unintentional but it seems like a bit of an invitation for people to brag about their humility and selflessness .
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09-22-2008, 01:54 PM
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Dojo: Aikido Arts of Shin Budo Kai/ Bedford Hills, New York
Location: New York
Join Date: May 2006
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
How do you take a large pile of money and turn it into a small pile of money? -> Open of dojo of course!
Teaching is a fantastic learning modality!
Marc Abrams
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09-22-2008, 02:22 PM
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Dojo: Shobu Aikido of Connecticut
Location: East Haven, CT
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
I wanted to practice 7 days per week and Boston was too far to drive.
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09-23-2008, 02:15 PM
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Dojo: Zanshin Kai
Location: Birmingham
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
Quote:
Ricky Wood wrote:
Why do you hang a shingle and teach?
Is it for fame and fortune?
Is it because you have something to offer?
Is it because you want a place to train?
Why???
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I want to do it because I want to rule the world and I need well trained minions to do so.
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09-23-2008, 03:05 PM
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Dojo: Senshin Center
Location: Dojo Address: 193 Turnpike Rd. Santa Barbara, CA.
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
I did it because I didn't find what I was interested in, what I was thinking, wanting to do, how I felt it could be done, etc., elsewhere.
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09-23-2008, 03:40 PM
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Dojo: Midwest Center For Movement & Aikido Bukou Dojos
Location: Hudson, WI
Join Date: Jul 2000
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
Because I'm a masochist.
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Mike Ellefson
Midwest Center
For Movement &
Aikido Bukou
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09-23-2008, 06:06 PM
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Dojo: Eclipse Budo
Location: Victoria, BC
Join Date: Dec 2001
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
- To teach under a certain shihan.
- To train with my kids instead of having them go to a kids' class and me go to an adult class.
- So I can have a class 1 block from my house!
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09-23-2008, 07:22 PM
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Dojo: West Wind Dojo Santa Monica California
Location: Malibu, California
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
To paraphrase another philosophy I practice...
To keep it you must always give it away.
William Hazen
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09-23-2008, 07:26 PM
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Dojo: Aikido Jinsei Dojo
Location: Chelmsford, MA
Join Date: Jul 2000
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
Simply, to train the way I want.
Mark
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09-23-2008, 08:40 PM
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Dojo: Yoshin-ji Aikido of Marshall
Location: Wisconsin
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
Onegaishimasu. I have operated a dojo for 16 years. Roughly 50% of those years the dojo paid for itself. The other 50% I call 'paying my dues' to take on a mission; to teach aikido and empower people and why? Because operating the dojo is my response to the overwhelming problems of society and the world. Does it work? I like to think it does.
In gassho,
Mark
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09-23-2008, 09:19 PM
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
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Mark Uttech wrote:
my response to the overwhelming problems of society and the world. Does it work? I like to think it does.
In gassho,
Mark
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I like that.
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09-24-2008, 12:14 AM
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Dojo: Confluence Aiki-Dojo / Santa Cruz Sword Club
Location: Santa Cruz
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
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I like that.
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me, too!
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Jennifer Paige Smith
Confluence Aikido Systems
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09-25-2008, 09:07 AM
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Dojo: Enighet Malmo Sweden
Location: Malmo
Join Date: May 2005
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Re: Why do you operate a dojo?
I do it to have sibling souls to practice with.
And to be free to pursue the direction aikido leads me.
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