A drunk walks into your MA school...

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

 

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.

 

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

 

Life is too short to waste on a negative people.

 

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

 

Show him where the toilets are, take his wallet and maybe his shoes, then show him the way out the door
Remember, kids - If in doubt, clean 'em out :Angel:

 

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.

 

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.