A drunk walks into your MA school...

[dori_kin_86]

If a drunk walked into your MA school, what would you do?

[JohnnyX]

If a drunk walked into your MA school, what would you do?

Politely show them the way out. :eek:

[Tika]

Politely show them the way out. :eek:

I second that...shouldnt be too difficult.

[Nrv4evr]

happened to me while at the airport hotel, only it got in the lobby. it's amazing what happens when you put a bottle of port at the end of a stick and throw it outside. :D

[Mrs Owt]

I guess this is distinctly possible since we train in a Legion over the bar! :D Hasn't happened yet, but I'm sure when 50 heads turn to look at him and we are all wearing funny white pyjamas he will figure he is either crazy or he had died and gone to heaven (bunch of ugly angels, but who else would be seen in large groups with funny white pj's on?)

I am sure he would just as soon turn and make a peaceful escape.

[FortuneFaded]

we have a really horribly, finingiady door, the kind of door that slams shut on your fingers and prevents access to the dojo, the drunk probably couldn't get in to see us in our white pjs.

[DrunkenMantis]

Mmm... well... I work security at a concert venue in town here (it's one of those gi-normous amphitheaters), and I have had to deal with a fair number of people who were drunk and worse. A lot of them were pretty easy to deal with... just be nice and they'll do anything you want. Then, of course, are the obnoxious, complaining ones, who are all hot air but won't do anything. Fortunuately, I haven't had to deal with any violent drunks (knock on wood). But I'll know what to do (Chin Na... it's a wonderful life). And my supervisor holds several-Dan black belts in TKD and HKD so we're good :)

Just be kind and they'll do what you want 9 times out of 10!

[Kinjiro Tsukasa]

I doubt the drunk would even be able to find my school. It's not all that easy to locate, even for the sober!

[Mrs Owt]

I doubt the drunk would even be able to find my school. It's not all that easy to locate, even for the sober!
Well of course it is hard to find - you are ninjas after all! :D

[DrunkenMantis]

hehehe... no one would think to look for a Praying Mantis group in something called the "Zion Education Building!"

[Mike Flanagan]

We had a young man out of his head on something (not alcohol) come in to watch our session one time. He looked very shifty. Basically I was confident he was really there to see if there was anything in the building he could pinch to feed his habit. Fortunately there was one rather burly student who was watching rather than training that night. So I allowed the young man to 'watch' our class (at least I could keep an eye on him then) and my student sat and chatted to him. He got bored pretty quick and left. I just needed to make sure that he really had left the building and wasn't poking around in any of the other rooms. Looked a most unsavoury character.

Rather than just sling him out, it seemed more pertinent to be nice, invite him in where I could keep an eye on him and make sure he didn't go away feeling aggrieved (that way he might come back and vandalise the building after we'd left).

Mike

[Akuma]

I would **** him up with my "T3H D3Adl33" ninja techniques!

[Anth]

Politely show them the way out. :eek:
I second that...shouldnt be too difficult.
i third that :)

[dragon_bunny]

i'd wonder how he got in .. we have a key pad lock on our dock.. little children used to run in and out of the building all the time. was very annoying so we locked them out :D

had a guy pretend to watch our class.. then half way through stole a wallet and ran off.. with our sensi running straight after him. Didn't get to practise any moves on him though. sensi caught up to him and the guy nearly wet him self.. have to be desperate to try to steal from an MA class :D

[Cain]

Politely show them the way out. :eek:
Bah! Use him as a punching bag ;)

Seriously, what do you expect? Show them the way out one way or the other :rolleyes:

|Cain|

[pgm316]

If a drunk walked into your MA school, what would you do?

We have this problem a lot, we usually try to sober him up with a few strong coffee before he starts teaching.

[JohnnyX]

We have this problem a lot, we usually try to sober him up with a few strong coffee before he starts teaching.

Nice one! :D :D :D

[bcullen]

I have a good story along those lines:

One evening our lead instructor entered carrying two half-gallon bottles of whiskey, the senior students of course realized this was for making dit da jow, but many of the new students and parents seemed quite concerned by the looks on their faces. Noticing this he stopped held up the jugs and annouced "Tonight we will be working on drunken form" jokingly, and then explained what it was for.

Everytime I see this thread I think it's a lead in for a joke:
A drunk walks into a MA school and says...
Or mabye
A catholic bishop, a rabbi and a hooker walk into a MA school and...

[GhostRider]

Show him the way out the easy way, on his/her feet. If you were to hurt him/her it would be nothing for him/her to charge you with something. The judge would probably look at the martial artist being charged as having the upper hand in the situation, on the martial artist's home turf and with back-up to help. This would make us look like the aggressor and the drunk only as being unfortuanate and foolish. Unfortunately, life doesn't provide many "free and clear" opportunities to use your martial arts without consequences. Choose wisely my friends... :Alien:

[pesilat]

If a drunk walked into your MA school, what would you do?

When I first started training with my primary instructor, the school was across the street from a bar. We had to deal with this situation about once a month.

My instructor, Guru Ken, would meet them at the door and politely ask them to leave. We never had one get belligerent. They were usually just full of drunken curiosity and were trying to ask questions about what we did. Guru Ken would tell them, "Come back when your sober and I'll answer any questions you have." At that point, they'd usually thank him for his time (or at least offer a drunken approximation of such) and leave.

Mike

[shotokanwarrior]

Politely show them the way out.
I fourth that!!!! But I'm assuming you mean he's kicking the crap out of me so:

Fantasy: Whip out my sai and deftly slash his belt so his pants fall down

Reality: Kick him in the balls

[whitematt]

If a drunk walked into your MA school, what would you do?

Quick, have them sign a lifetime contract before they sober up!

[Tribalweapon]

They usually just clear a little extra room for me in the back :D

[alex_000]

If a guy wearing a gi walked into a bar what would the dunks do ? :D

[Kwajman]

For those that are appropriate, uke anyone?

[Patrick Hughes]

I ask him if Mom knows where he is?

[NeonxBurst]

Hmm we've never had a drunk come in per say but once we did have a group of pot smokers come in, and no I'm not kidding they were out side lighting up pipes. Our school's hidden way back in the middle of no where. So the kids find it a good place to smoke, and I remember them walking in sayin stupid things like, "You fags think your special in your stupid pajamas." Since I know one of the kid and he goes to the same High School as me I know this isn't how he usually acts, and sadly he used to be a good kid, OK back to the problem. Our instructor told the little kids 5-10 years old to go into the locker rooms, and he had the teens and our parents "show" them the door. I say show them the door because we restrained them until the cops showed up:D

[semphoon]

LOL@ pgm and whitematt

If a drunk walked into your MA school, what would you do?

Hand cuff him and hang him up like a punch bag (a'la reservoir dogs where Mr white, Mr blonde and Mr pink lay into the cop) even if he was just innocently trying to find the nearest bathroom.

[shotokanwarrior]

the drunk probably couldn't get in to see us in our white pjs.

Goddammit guys, they're NOT PJS!!!!!!! They're gis, doboks, or just suits, whatever, but NOT PJS!!!!!!!! It's derogatory!!!!!

[Dr.Syn]

I agree, just show him the way out..Unless he gets stupid then anything can happen..

[Mrs Owt]

This actually happened at my MA school last week. A drunk chased his girlfriend into the school and was swearing at her. At first the guy wasn't really aware of where he had run into, after all there were just a few women in workout wear in a kickboxing class. After only a moment the main floor had filled with guys from the upstairs class - all wearing gi's and surrounded the guy, separating him from his girlfriend.

Needless to say, the guy sobered up rather quickly and beat a hasty retreat. The girl stayed and called someone to pick her up to make sure she got home safely.

[daftyman]

All our classes are in church halls. So we get all sorts of people trying to get in. They all get shown the door in a polite manner, so that they go away and do not feel the need to come back.

We've had kids try to come in for evening mass (but we were in a Church of Scotland building!) no masses.

We've had one guy saying that Jesus wouldn't have stopped him 2000 years ago! (well the building wasn't there, and he would have been in biblical nappies, so no he would not have stopped anyone.)

We generally make sure we have someone on the door to steer them away. It can be a good test of your non-physical gong fu, understanding of confrontation.

[shotokanwarrior]

Hey, it's funny I came across this thread, yesterday a drunk DID walk into my MA school. He was talking (if you could call it that) very incoherently with Sensei mainly demanding to learn, when this was refused he asked to come in and sit down (!) and watch us. He kept seizing Sensei by the shoulders, grabbing his hand and shaking it. Eventually he(sensei) got rid of the guy with his cryogenic politeness. He is renowned for being a violent piece of crap, we were having a laugh at him once he walked out the door and Sensei was saying he's drunk, but he's not langers, or he'd be much harder to get rid of -this with a 'seen it all before' air so I think the guy does this kind of thing a lot. My friend who is a brown belt said he was trying to touch her - the sick freaking pervert. After hearing that I performed all of my moves with ruby-laser intensity for the whole session in case I had to use them on him.

[Furikuchan]

What if said drunk is one of the students?
A person who shall remain nameless in case my sensei ever wanders across these boards once came to class drunk, but hiding it well. Sensei never noticed, but me and my brother did. Our reaction? To mess with his head all class. :D After our treatment, he swore to never do it again.

[E-Rocker]

The local drunk who sometimes wanders into my school says his name is Marshall, and if we ask him "Marshall what?" he says "Marshall Arts!" :D As long as he's not interfering, we just let him sit & watch. After a little bit he gets bored and leaves.

He came in the other night when we had a bunch of brand new students, and he started to wander onto the training floor, so one of the instructors politely showed him out.

As for drunk students, there are a bunch of drunks at my school, but we, I mean they, yeah, that's it, they, limit their drinking until *after* class. :D

Seriously, I personally hardly ever drink, but usually go down to the pub with the drunks from my class.

[dori_kin_86]

If I were a teacher, I would refuse to teach anyone that decides to get drunk. Its against the Okinawan tenants of the style I practice. Same goes for drugs, possibily smoking. Our Okinawan Martial Arts school isn't rehab, or a social club, any non-serious student can leave. Its to build skills in people so that when the time comes to make certain decisions, they make the moral and just choice.

[E-Rocker]

That's all well & good; however, there are those, myself included, who believe that a person can enjoy an occasional drink & still be able to make moral & just decisions.

Incidentally, the most skilled & highest ranking student at my school is also the biggest drinker.

[JTiedes]

ha, our school is across the street from a baar/ dance club. every friday night after class we close a fence infront of our parking lot to keep people from using it. we have had a few drunks walk into our belt graduations becuase they are held later at nights and on fridays. usually whoever sees them first and isnt doing something just turns them around as quietly as possible to avoid destraction

[shotokanwarrior]

If I were a teacher, I would refuse to teach anyone that decides to get drunk. Its against the Okinawan tenants of the style I practice. Same goes for drugs, possibily smoking. Our Okinawan Martial Arts school isn't rehab, or a social club, any non-serious student can leave. Its to build skills in people so that when the time comes to make certain decisions, they make the moral and just choice.

I definitely agree, people can lose control and do some seriously mucked up things with alcohol in their brains. I never drink, much to the contempt and derision of other 'cool' young people - the stuff can wreck your reflexes.

[E-Rocker]

To each his or her own. If my instructor were to dissallow individuals who get drunk into his school (AFTER class, not before :D), people who would not be allowed in my school would include my instructor himself, my instructor's instructor (the founder of our school), both the other instructors, and all but one of the senior students. At that point, there wouldn't be a whole lot of point in training there.

[Mark_Campbell]

I definitely agree, people can lose control and do some seriously mucked up things with alcohol in their brains. I never drink, much to the contempt and derision of other 'cool' young people - the stuff can wreck your reflexes.


you will when your old enough :D

[Ad McG]

I believe Geoff Thompson would take the upper hand by using a pre-emptive beating to the head until the "assailant" was willing to be restrained :D

[Commander Zigg]

About the whole to drink/not to drink thing, I think drinking is fine...when done in moderation. Once again, it's that "everything in moderation" argument. Contrary to popular belief, is IT possible to have a drink without getting drunk. You just need to have self control.

[Ad McG]

About the whole to drink/not to drink thing, I think drinking is fine...when done in moderation. Once again, it's that "everything in moderation" argument. Contrary to popular belief, is IT possible to have a drink without getting drunk. You just need to have self control.


What's that again? :D

[shaolin_hendrix]

Let him observe the class unless he starts making trouble, in which case I'd politely show him the way out

[shotokanwarrior]

you will when your old enough

Don't you tell me what I will and won't do when I'm old enough. I happen to give a crap about messing up my reflexes or worse, getting assaulted when langered out of my mind and unable to fight back effectively because of banjaxed motor functions. I happen to be more self-disciplined than to fill my body with intoxicating poisons, even if the majority of adults aren't. I happen to have better things to do than to consume disgusting psychotropic filth, again, even if the majority of adults don't. So don't you give me that 'You will when you're older' malarkey, and don't act as if you know better than me because you are older. You don't. Just because a great number of young adults are such sleazy low-lives they have nothing better to do than get helplessly intoxicated dosn't mean I am like them. If you seriously believe that all young people are the same and that just because there are a lot of them who indulge in repulsive activities like the above means I too must become one of them, you are not as old psychologically as you are in years and you seriously should dispel notions like this one.

[Mark_Campbell]

Don't you tell me what I will and won't do when I'm old enough. I happen to give a crap about messing up my reflexes or worse, getting assaulted when langered out of my mind and unable to fight back effectively because of banjaxed motor functions. I happen to be more self-disciplined than to fill my body with intoxicating poisons, even if the majority of adults aren't. I happen to have better things to do than to consume disgusting psychotropic filth, again, even if the majority of adults don't. So don't you give me that 'You will when you're older' malarkey, and don't act as if you know better than me because you are older. You don't. Just because a great number of young adults are such sleazy low-lives they have nothing better to do than get helplessly intoxicated dosn't mean I am like them. If you seriously believe that all young people are the same and that just because there are a lot of them who indulge in repulsive activities like the above means I too must become one of them, you are not as old psychologically as you are in years and you seriously should dispel notions like this one.


touched a nerve :rolleyes:

I can barely see you, standing all the way up there on the moral high ground

twas a joke, even the psychologically developed get those from time to time

[shotokanwarrior]

touched a nerve

I can barely see you, standing all the way up there on the moral high ground

Touched a nerve??? That comment hit right to the solar plexus (metaphorically) :-)
As for the moral high ground...you're good at sarcasm, so I've decided to spare your life, it would be a grievous waste to kill someone with such wit. *gets off him sheathing her sword as the adrenaline drains away*

[Nevada_MO_Guy]

If a drunk walked into your MA school, what would you do?

Say "Hi."

[E-Rocker]

Shotokan, you sound exactly like I did when I was younger. While I still don't drink much, I see nothing wrong with having a glass of champagne to toast Kru Tammy on earning her Thai Boxing instructorship.

[Protein]

Back in my shotokan days, shame on me, I have gone to train drunk. Once. I've been drinking with my friends before class and got drunk. I didn't want to miss a class so I decided to go. Some students noticed, and sensei also noticed my lack of coordination. He asked if I was ok, and I told him I'm very tired. He seemed to believe it, but really I don't know he never mentioned it. Everething went fine, cause I don't really loose my self-contol when drunk(thank God), until the sparring. I did not really feel when I was hit. After training, while chatting in the changeing room, someone told me: 'Hey, where are your front teeth?'
Luckily, my front two teeth was alredy false, so it was easy to replace them.

[shotokanwarrior]

Shotokan, you sound exactly like I did when I was younger.

In what way? Do you mean my one-liners, or my volatile nature?

[Jang Bong]

Just because a great number of young adults are such sleazy low-lives they have nothing better to do than get helplessly intoxicated dosn't mean I am like them.

You stick to your guns kitty-cat (sorry, lioness :D). At 16-years-old, I was working behind the bar at a local caravan park. Saw first-hand the effects of alcohol on a wide variety of visitors (mostly from NORTH of our border :D :D my first day of work was the start of Glasgow fortnight when hundreds came down to holiday in sunny Whitley Bay). I decided then that I did not want to end up that way. ;)

Keep your own mind, and don't be pushed into anything. In the future you will still be able to have a great time (with little or no drink), and also guide (or drive) people home, remember it the next day, and have loads of blackmail material against the people you were with. :eek:

I may be three times your age, but I'm still individual enough not to do things just because my peers do them.

[Mark_Campbell]

You stick to your guns kitty-cat (sorry, lioness :D). At 16-years-old, I was working behind the bar at a local caravan park. Saw first-hand the effects of alcohol on a wide variety of visitors (mostly from NORTH of our border :D :D my first day of work was the start of Glasgow fortnight when hundreds came down to holiday in sunny Whitley Bay). I decided then that I did not want to end up that way. ;)

they didnt end up that way because they drunk alcohol, they ended up that way because they were poor, from inner city glasgow AND drunk alcohol.



what do i do if a drunk walks into my MA school, buy him a pint :D

[tl Eric]

Hah, if you think smoking will affect your MA check this clip of former grandmaster ip shui in 2000 (succeded by his son ip chee keung in 02) nearing at a spritely age of 89! :eek: I'm suprised he hasnt been snapped up by marlborough or someone.. ;)

http://www.chowgar.com.au/video3set.htm

Disclaimer (only slightly serious): the above comments are in no way representative of my opinions, feelings and attitudes towards smoking. Personally I dislike the habit/addiction or whatever you will. The aforementioned statement is intended to be humorous and the purpose if this paragraph is in the hope that no one will take my statements the wrong way and believe that I'm condoning smoking as a healthy part of any MA training :)

[tl Eric]

Let me know what you think of it?

[awakened nature]

Invite him to show true drunken style boxing!

(cant believe no ones made that joke yet!)

On the subject of drinking and smoking affecting people, heard stories about Kancho Sensei of aikido who smoked and drunk large amounts into his old age and still able to perform better than when he was younger...

...although i dont actually approve of smoking or binge drinking to an extent

[Chelle2]

My first class is tomorrow so I can't really say I have experienced this...but I would think that would not be good. Throughout my life my father has been an alcoholic and we have gotten calls from various places to "come and get him", not always a pleasant experience! If the drunk is really really drunk he would probably be obsessively talking and drunks do like to touch people, I think you'd have to kick him out, politely.

As for smoking, it is so so bad for your body. I don't understand why people do it, is it really that addictive?

But I must say...I absolutely love a good glass of wine before bed once or twice a week...and maybe a Kaluha on a Saturday night. BUT in moderation, of course. ;)

[judoboxer]

most likely to show them the door. nicely.

[Slimfast]

I doubt that would happen, because our dojo is pretty much under a bridge.

[tkdchick_is_hot]

i would politely ask him to leave and not return, simply because that would be super disrespectful. dont need those kinda people around.

[tkdchick_is_hot]

i would politely ask him to leave and not return, simply because that would be super disrespectful. dont need those kinda people around. what made ya think of that one, ha.? :mad: :mad:

[Hobbitlauncher]

Heck, id make sure someone can always keep an eye on him, but let him have his free sit-in and then not worry too much, obviously kick him out if he causes a ruckus of course. Shoto: im in the same boat as you, i don't touch any of the three (drugs, liquor, tobacco) and don't intend to, I may -eventaully- have wine at certain events, like a wedding or something, but thats entirely beside the point. I agree with Jang, stick to it, if that's how you feel, it'll be tough though (had "friends" and my gf give up on me because of that)

back to the matter at hand: I think it would be rather funny to see a drunk come into class, at the very least amusing to begin with.

[Light_bringer77]

I'd study his movement closely and create a style
based on that... yeah , that would be great...

...oh, wait, we are already learning that... :rolleyes:

Then we'd have to kill the guy because he's seen too much
of my super secret deadly style...

..oh, it's true, I'm no super-ninja.... :rolleyes:


I'd ask him what is the sound of one hand then :D

[Duncan!]

At my dojo you have to pay 60p before even getting into the building, so if a drunk does that then he must be pretty determined, and worthy of a look in.

[Sheyja]

I would ask if he would like to lie down and rest for a while, I could make him some tea or possibly he could do some chi gung. If he's not interested he's free to leave or stay, but I doubt he'd really cause any problem.
If he attacks any students they should be able to deal with him, and if not and he's just loud and annoying, well that's good practice, we should all be able to train with distraction all around.

Incidently, a few years ago I was on a weekend Ju Jitsu course and the cookers in our accomodation had broken so we went to a takeaway sandwich bar up the road. You've never seen staff look so scared! About twenty guys all kitted out, with 5 dans walking in front! They never expected us to ask for a tray of ham and egg! Hahaha!

[Sukerkin]

My guess would be that if a drunk wandered into our class then I would stand and watch whilst sensei dealt with it.

Quite simple really - sometimes there's an upside to only being 3rd Kyu :lol:.

I would imagine tho' that a drunk might decide he'd wandered into the wrong place when he sees a number of blokes in black, pleated, 'skirts' waving swords about :D.

[Albert]

ID KILL HIM!

Or maybe just laugh alittle, and watch the instructor ask him to leave, if he was causing an interruption, and then if he started something, watch him pathetically get slapped into the ground. Drunk people are so goofy when they fight.

[incubus]

I m sure he would stumble down the staircase.... even some of the students have problems going down these tight ones :)

[TheCount]

If he wandered in and tried to start a fight with my sensei good luck to him LOL

[Davey Bones]

He'd be asked to leave and escorted from the kwoon, either on his own or with the help of the local constabulary.

Of course it helps that we have a couple of police officers as students, plus a soon-to-be FBI agent...

[Jesh]

Just let the guy out... if he starts something on he other hand, then you'd have to remove him by force or call the police. Your choice...

[lucas]

he would be beaten, have his head shaved and tattooed then thrown into traffic.same as all new students

[GojuAngelMX]

Well, if a drunk guy stepped into my dojo, the obvious thing to do is talk him out of there, just be nice and try to avoid making him angry or he'll become a major pain in the butt.

But then, I know my sensei is not that patient, he's very respectful with other people and he expects the same respect for himself, so if a drunk guy gets inside the dojo, he'll quickly walk towards him and ask him to get out, but with a serious face and a high tone, so if the drunk man gets angry and tries something, which is not very unlikely... well, you know how it would go, hehe.

[NaughtyKnight]

Go to the pub and have a drink with him.

[clemsontkd]

i would be like, hey your at clemson and your drunk, that seems pretty normal to me. we are all binge drinkers here at clemson.

[Yohan]

When I used to take Tae Kwon Do, our studio was in a bad part of town. One night, some drunk toothless homeless guy walked in and said "I wanna kick somebody!" (add drunken slurred effect). The instructor yelled at him to leave, then the master (an 80+ year old taekwondo/hapkido guy) chased him off with a hapkido cane.

It was rather funny.

[Silo_Fu_Kung_Fu]

invite him to try class in one case.

in the other case he said he was a boxer, when he took a swing t me i just blocked and kept blocking untill he got bored and left.

[karate princess]

show him the door and if he doesn't leave, introduce him to my instructor lol :)

[karate princess]

When I used to take Tae Kwon Do, our studio was in a bad part of town. One night, some drunk toothless homeless guy walked in and said "I wanna kick somebody!" (add drunken slurred effect). The instructor yelled at him to leave, then the master (an 80+ year old taekwondo/hapkido guy) chased him off with a hapkido cane.

It was rather funny.

lol, i would have loved to have been there lmao :D

[the hunting fly]

Ask him politely how he managed to get up the two flights of stairs that lead to my dojo in his current condition :p

[adouglasmhor]

Ask him politely how he managed to get up the two flights of stairs that lead to my dojo in his current condition :p

Our Dojo is also up 2 flights of stairs and in a licenced grocers so any drunks normaly go downstairs to the off licence part of the shop not up to us. A few weks ago a Junkie started coming up the stairs while we were in class but he never got as far as us because the shop security chased him and he claimed to be looking for a toilet, he left without bother.

[taescharnhorst]

Hello everyone, First of all our Dojang is located right dead center on the worse part of our city. There are homeless shelters, bums, and drunks all over the place. Often times an occational drunk will enetr our Dojang. He or she begans to make smart remarks and rude gestures. With something like this happens our instructor escorts them outside, gives them a warning and thats it. However I think it's rude and very disruptive to the class when anyone, drunk or not enters into a place where students are trying to learn.

We deal with this type of case on a weekly basis and it does annoy us a great deal. My instructor has been in the same location for over 30 something years and back then it was not filled with that many dead beats. We as a class watch over each others backs and when we depart from the Dojang there is always someone watching as we enetre the parking lot.

I think a lot of these trouble makers need to lay off and find some real meaning in life, " Don't you guys"? I think these type people need to join a class or two and maybe they would learn to appreciate what we are doing. Well let me know what any of you think about this situation, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[taescharnhorst]

:rolleyes: Hello everyone, First of all our Dojang is located right dead center on the worse part of our city. There are homeless shelters, bums, and drunks all over the place. Often times an occational drunk will enetr our Dojang. He or she begans to make smart remarks and rude gestures. With something like this happens our instructor escorts them outside, gives them a warning and thats it. However I think it's rude and very disruptive to the class when anyone, drunk or not enters into a place where students are trying to learn.

We deal with this type of case on a weekly basis and it does annoy us a great deal. My instructor has been in the same location for over 30 something years and back then it was not filled with that many dead beats. We as a class watch over each others backs and when we depart from the Dojang there is always someone watching as we enetre the parking lot.

I think a lot of these trouble makers need to lay off and find some real meaning in life, " Don't you guys"? I think these type people need to join a class or two and maybe they would learn to appreciate what we are doing. Well let me know what any of you think about this situation, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[thepunisher]

If a drunk walked into your MA school, what would you do?

I would see how either sempai Steve or sensei Carol would politley show him out the door again. In fact, we had a drunk in our dojo some time ago and our sensei kept talking with him and then asked him politley to leave.

Christian

[Sever]

If a drunk walked into your MA school, what would you do?Show him where the toilets are, take his wallet and maybe his shoes, then show him the way out the door :D
Remember, kids - If in doubt, clean 'em out :Angel:

[kenpoguy]

We had a young man out of his head on something (not alcohol) come in to watch our session one time. He looked very shifty. Basically I was confident he was really there to see if there was anything in the building he could pinch to feed his habit. Fortunately there was one rather burly student who was watching rather than training that night. So I allowed the young man to 'watch' our class (at least I could keep an eye on him then) and my student sat and chatted to him. He got bored pretty quick and left. I just needed to make sure that he really had left the building and wasn't poking around in any of the other rooms. Looked a most unsavoury character.

Rather than just sling him out, it seemed more pertinent to be nice, invite him in where I could keep an eye on him and make sure he didn't go away feeling aggrieved (that way he might come back and vandalise the building after we'd left).

Mike

My old studio had far too many people like that. And the boss himself was often drunk while on the job. Needless to say it was not a healthy environment(and in the end I wasn't even being paid) so I quit.

[Ragnarok2005]

Taken from my instructors rules.

8. Any student training under the influence of alcohol or drugs will be severely disciplined. Students taking prescribed medication affecting performance should inform the Instructor prior to training.

I used to train with a guy who was an alcoholic [But being just 15 I actually didn't know that his red cheeks and nose where from drink until an older friend pointed it out.] I remember him turning up to a grading, warming up, going home [10 mins away] for beer while I [At white belt] was grading and then coming back a lot merrier. He got an A-Pass then went to the pub to celebrate. Hmm... I don't think Master Prewett [VII] even noticed.