Handbook Comments
Hope all is well. Just letting you know (in case I haven't
already done so) that the manuals arrived safely. Thank you very much.
I haven't had the time to read all the way through them but my congratulations
on all the hard work you have put into producing such a fine series for
your students. Like Sosai used to say, doing what you can for the students
is what it is all about. So well done. I hope I have more time to
really get into them and learn something!
Cameron Quinn - Australia
Just got your manuals today
- Wow what an effort! While we do have a little handout, it's nothing
like that, more like the equivalent of one of those booklets. I will
be perusing them at some length in the near future, especially the one
on Dojo Management!
Shaharin Yussof -Australia
Just wanted to let you know
that I had a chance to look over the manuals yesterday. They are
very well written and informative. Interesting how you spell out all the
katas for people. What are the chances that we could work on
one while you are here? I think the manual on club management has the most
information for me right now. I will need to sit down and READ it later
this week.
Paul Thoreson - USA
Thanks a lot for the Manuals
and Tape which will be of great help for me. I like the Ashihara stuff,
especially the sabaki kumite. The tournament planner will be very helpful
for me in future.
Aslam Jeewa - Mauritius
Domo Arigato, I received a package
today, I almost did not open it but when I saw South Africa on it, I realized
it was from you. Both handbooks were very informative and they were
both wonderfully written and very enlightening.
Jeremiah Griffiths - USA
Your manuals were good. I like
the set-up. Much information for the students.
Jann Aki - Hawaii
I got to your manual this weekend
and was able to read it from cover to cover. I thought it was excellent,
Hoosain! Lots of good points, well laid out. It needs a bit
of tightening up in spots, but I am sure you already know that. I
enjoyed reading it and think it has a lot to offer. I would certainly
recommend it.
Thanks for sharing it. I know it had to be a ton
of work.....
Dan Soller - USA
I have been reading the material...
it is very well presented and there is a lot of good information in it.
John Kim -USA
I had a cursory view, so far.
I think a lot of thoughts and experience have gone into this. It reminds
me of my Management studies and other sales management techniques - the
marketing 4Ps, telemarketing concepts, handling sales objections, closing
sales techniques, etc, etc, WOW !! Is this your MBA thesis or what? Anyway
I think it a thorough and very useful/relevant for Instructors. Good work
and a tremendous contribution to the martial arts community.
Henry Low -Singapore
The two manuals have so much
information for me to digest.
Hung Quach -UK
I've learned a lot about the
history of Ashihara karate from the manuals.
Rima Puodziukynaite - Lithuania
My feed back on the various
manuals.
1.Teaching manual. - I liked it very much. It gives an
idea of a good marketing program (we just begin to think
about it), systematic approach (I thought about it in a different
way), role of the instrutor, training motivation, lesson planning ( I think
we have the same but no cool down),. I like your planning of training
periodisation, learning modalities,, why students get bored, safety and
first aid. I used advice from the manual about first aid last week. Flexibility
was very interesting 'cause it's my weak point. And it's very convenient
to have a glossary at the end of each manual.
2.Kata guide. - It's great but one thing embarrased me
- explanation of nage no kata sono ni.
3.Students Handbook. - It's very good for a beginner
to have such a book from where he can learn about what is karate
and Ashihara karate in particular.. what are the relation and grading
system.
4. Theory test - I tried to answer it myself and so questions
again: What are the principles for choosing a block? ( yellow belt
part 4, green one part 2-2) What are the check points in black belt part
1?
At the moment I'm thinking about my individual plan of
training so your manuals helped me very much in understanding of what should
be.
Vitaly Marakanov - Russia
Just wanted to let you know
the manuals arrived. Thank you very much for kindly sending me copies.
You have put so much work into them and they look great. Congratulations
on a big job! How are they being received there? I am sure that when I
finally get the opportunity to go over the manuals slowly, I will get a
lot from them.
Cameron Quinn - Australia
I received your manuals. Thanks.
I think they are of very high standard and there is a lot of good information.
Chris Lau - Hong Kong
I have glanced over the document
a bit, read the first chapter or so and find that I will be reading that
for a bit before I really finish it ... as I scanned through it - it is
very self explanatory and I find it useful and informative for the future
as well as here too. Thank you, again.
Flame Metter -USA
Thanks for the Operation Manuals.
I have never seen anything like this in the bookshops. I think it will
help the instructors a lot. I think if my instructor in Australia had this
manual earlier, he would not have gone into retirement. Have you thought
of publishing this book?
Chris Lau - Hong Kong
Received your package from S.A. today
(Dec. 9th ) That was pretty quick considering the time of year and all!!!!
I have just only glanced through from cover to cover and I must say what
a great source of information you have compiled!! Kudos to you!!
I have showed it to some of the other instructors in my association and
they like it to especially all the great color pictures! What a good job
that is I look forward to reading it's load of information. I have
other books, of course...like the General Choi's Encyclopedia, etc. but
it is nice to see someone I actually have contact with write and publish
something! I wish I would of asked you to sign it.... I know that's
Silly but I don't know anyone else who has ever been published before ...
I haven't looked at the Video as yet..... I'll get back to you but I just
wanted to let you know it arrived safely
Flame Metter-Harris - USA
I am enjoying your manual. Very professional.
As a high school teacher by profession, I am impressed by the balance
of theory and practical application. Could you tell me how the manual is
actually used? Do you have an instructors class in which the curricullum
is taught? Is it self taught using the book as a guide? Does everyone get
the manual? What is your accrediting and evaluation process of your instructors?
Formalized or more informal? Is there anything you have found not usefull
or something you wish or plan to add in the future? Thanks Cathy
Cathy Melanson - USA
Thank you also for the materials
from your school. I always love seeing other schools' manuals.
Someday I'll get more organized and put out more written materials too.
All we have right now is a student handbook and list of Japanese terms!
Your teaching manual will be very helpful to me in putting together something
for my own sempais. I haven't read it in detail yet of course but
I can see your spirit in the parts I've seen already.
Suzanne Pinette -USA
Thank you for the tape and
the TKD book (ooof! that was quite a back spinning kick!).
Henry Low - Singapore
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