Female Instructors Plz Read!!!!!!!

[TigerAnsTKDLove]

hey can i speak to any female TKD instructors out there who could answer my questions ? I really wanna be a tae kwon do instructor if you havent read my last posts but if you don't could you please answer my questions. thank you! and i am extremeley sorry about my post that said I WANNA TEACH TKD but i am a female. if that post offended anyone i am sorry it was how i was feeling cuz there are ppl like teachers at my high school who tell me that is a man's job then i always go home and get upset. so thank you and i am sorry again!:cry:

[47Ronin]

I have met many female TKD instructors and find them to be excellent.
Just never met any females who opened a school.

[mountainsage]

I know of one school that was opened by a female 3rd Dan in California, near Watsonville. She is my and her MA promoting master, I don't know who is the master of there household. Yes, they are "life partners", their term not mine. He is more philosohpy based, she is more sports based.

Mountainsage

[Capt Ann]

Originally posted by TigerAnsTKDLove
I really wanna be a tae kwon do instructor ......... but i am a female. .............there are ppl like teachers at my high school who tell me that is a man's job then i always go home and get upset. so thank you and i am sorry again!:cry:

Times change. My Godfather came to this country from Czech., and his H.S. teachers told him not to think about college, because the only jobs for Czechs and Poles were in the coal mines. I'm glad he didn't listen to that teacher....I think he enjoyed his career a lot more than coal mining.

When I was in jr. H.S., I wanted to get involved in the space program, but at the time, there were no female astronauts. I figured that by the time I graduated from college, there either WOULD be, or I could be the first. After getting a PhD in physics and spending 7 years in the US Air Force, I could have achieved my goal (AND I wouldn't have even been the first!), but my priorities changed. I shot for the stars (literally), and landed just south of the moon.

If this is your dream, you CAN do it. You will need a passion that only comes from a sense of "calling". By that, I mean do you have the sense inside your very being that this is part of the reason that you were created on this earth? If so, I believe you can overcome any obstacle. Still hesitant? Start by working under someone else, helping with teaching in their dojo/dojang/studio. (You'd have to do this anyway, to make a good start of your own school, plus you'll pick up many do's and don't's that can save you a lot of pain on your own.) Still concerned about what others will think and if you'll be accepted/respected? Specialize in after-school programs for children. At some point, though, no matter who you are and what you do, you will HAVE to stand up to people's opinions and all their ideas of why you are wrong.

Ann R.
Not a MA instructor. Just someone who's been around the block enough times to know that sometimes that's just the way life IS.

[neryo_tkd]

Originally posted by TigerAnsTKDLove
and i am extremeley sorry about my post that said I WANNA TEACH TKD but i am a female. if that post offended anyone i am sorry it was how i was feeling cuz there are ppl like teachers at my high school who tell me that is a man's job then i always go home and get upset. so thank you and i am sorry again!:cry:


if they tell u to jump off a bridge, would u do that???

don't believe everything u r told!!!

[Thomas]

At our school, we have our master and two senior instructors... I am one and the other is a woman who is extremely talented and gifted in the martial arts. (Check the Photos section for her picture)

I think if you are dedicated and train hard with the goal of being an instructor, some day you will fulfill that dream. I wish you the best.

[Maximicus]

MAN I hate it when people say "boys can, girls can't" or "girls can, boys can't." Those people are living in the stone ages IMO, no not just IMO it's the undiniable truth. Sure, some anatomy is different, but nothing major enough to warant a ban on female teachers!!!:mad:

[neryo_tkd]

Originally posted by 47Ronin
I have met many female TKD instructors and find them to be excellent.
Just never met any females who opened a school.

know that we do exist!!!!!

[Kwajman]

Oh come on Tiger, everybody KNOWS that all the good instructors are men!!!! *ducking from kickchick* Actually some of the best instructors I know are female. They seem to be more patient and less macho about things. More power to you and good luck.

[KickChick]

Originally posted by Kwajman
Oh come on Tiger, everybody KNOWS that all the good instructors are men!!!! *ducking from kickchick*

... ducking won't help, suggest you RUN and FAST:D


.. I suppose the next arguement is that you have to be Asian/Oriental in order to teach martial arts! :rolleyes:

[Kwajman]

Well, um, since I feel a lot of feminine eyes on me right now. Uh, no, yea thats it, no way, you need to be a female, blonde, with a big smile and from Connecticut. Yea thats it!!!! :D

[neryo_tkd]

Originally posted by Kwajman
Well, um, since I feel a lot of feminine eyes on me right now. Uh, no, yea thats it, no way, you need to be a female, blonde, with a big smile and from Connecticut. Yea thats it!!!! :D


female, blonde, with a big smile...yes, yes and yes

but i am having problems with the Conneticut part. have u mixed up your geography Kwajman?????? :D :D :D

[Kwajman]

Shhhh, Kickchick is following me....

[KickChick]

eh no worries Kwaj ... I can't run on water! LOL

[nunchaku8587]

Originally posted by Maximicus
MAN I hate it when people say "boys can, girls can't" or "girls can, boys can't." Those people are living in the stone ages IMO, no not just IMO it's the undiniable truth. Sure, some anatomy is different, but nothing major enough to warant a ban on female teachers!!!:mad:




totally agree there

[Kwajman]

Ummmm, nunchaka, you know I was kidding right? :)

[nunchaku8587]

Originally posted by Kwajman
Ummmm, nunchaka, you know I was kidding right? :)


lol, so was i


....*confused look*:confused:

[Kwajman]

Good, I was worried. Sometimes I say things REALLY sarcastically and don't really want to be taken seriously. I like to tease...too much free time I think...

[booksie_girl]

Originally posted by Kwajman
...too much free time I think...
Yes, I think so Kwaji, go on, get moving, 500 of each kick, each leg :D

[taifun]

In my organisation there is a fifth dan female intructor who started and still operates her own club with 100+ students. I had the pleasure of recieving her instructions at a recent seminar and hope to again in the future. We also have a number of first and second dan female instructors at several clubs in the area, including mine. No problems whatsoever. In fact, I don't really see any issue at all?


taifun

[tkdchick_is_hot]

i have taught tkd for 3 years and love it. i do mainly teach the kids but that can be really challenging at times. i have taught the adults when my instructor was out of town or asked me to and kids are definitly harder to keep control of but i make it fun so they do pretty good with me. i do plan on opening a school soon.

[carlos]

My instructors wife teaches TKD (3rd degree). She has her own school.

She is a very good instructor and has trained many students to 1st/2nd degree.

I have no problems with women instructors at all. If my organisation decides that someone is able to teach, that is good enough for me.

[blue eagle]

women belong in the kitchen only *sarcasm*

[Capt Ann]

You do realize that this thread has been dead for over a year, yes?

[gaz shaw]

i thought that as well, butdidn't want to offend anyone.

[Dr.Quinn]

i thought that as well, butdidn't want to offend anyone.

LOL !!!

[TKDIreland]

ive taught some of the classes in my club when i feel ive accomplished some more in tkd ill open up my own club. if uve ne q's u wanna throw my way id be happy to talk to you. :D

[Leo_E_49]

My fifth Dan master is a woman and she can teach very well (Although my instructor is a male 3rd Dan).

I don't see a reason to discriminate here, men and women are equally able to do TKD. I say go for it if that's what you want to do but get the proper qualifications and experience first and make sure you teach quality material. Don't let the side down by producing students with little understanding and poor technique.

Good luck! :D

[carlos]

women belong in the kitchen only *sarcasm*

I know you're not serious about that comment.

But it takes me on to slightly related topic. The other week I had to sit in a meeting with load of oring farts to do with the organisation/administration of my county's rugby. One of the officers there mentioned the success of a tournament involving several hundred womens players on a particular weekend.

Of the old farts said, in relation to the number of women...


With all the women there, the kitchen must have been crowded


:eek: I was in shock for the entire meeting at the comment. It was clear that they meant it too. :woo: :bang:

It made me glad that MA has a positive attitude to gender diversity.

[1eo]

Well.... after a whole year.... did she open the school or what? :D

[Wizzy]

random reply - the female instructor at my school is easily my favorite.