You may have seen our post on the signs for a Mcdojo, but for today, I will tell you the top 3 signs of a good martial arts school. These are only our opinions and may be further debated in the comments below. These are very brief signs, and of course there will be more qualities of a good school. We just wanted to try to narrow it down to three.
#1 Free Sparring
I'm not talking about point sparring here. Nor am I talking about Taekwondo "full contact" sparring, I'm saying sparring that includes punches (to the body AND to the head; very important), kicks, takedowns, pins, and maybe submissions if you're lucky. These schools usually are mma gyms but sometimes you may find another school that trains this way.
#2 The head instructor/owner spars with you
This is quite a rarity in martial arts nowadays. Often times work is delegated to the upcoming teachers rather than the founder of the school. While I'm not saying it's necessarily bad to delegate work, but its good to see the owner of the school personally invest time into teaching classes. This is a sign he/she truly cares about the school's progress and if he/she spars with you that means his/her skills are up to date (at least I hope so)
#3 Clean and friendly atmosphere
If you're school is not clean....then that's just an infection or sickness waiting to happen. I'm not saying the school has to be absolutely spotless, but if the mats are at least mopped twice a day from all the sweat then I would say that's good enough. I've been to some pretty gross schools and usually reflects laziness of the owner. Also, a good frienly atmosphere is a MUST. Why would you train in something you don't have fun in and can't enjoy yourself? Although some people like an atmosphere like that, personally I don't.
Have a great day,
Martial Arts Tutor
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