Private Martial Arts Teacher? Help please!?

Question

Is there such thing as a private martial arts teacher, who only teaches to one student at a time instead of in a big group?

I've wanted to take Jiu-Jitsu for a very long time, but I don't like the group environment, it makes me uneasy and intimidated. I've never really liked group things. I'm way too shy.

PLEASE DO NOT leave answers telling me that I should get over my displeasure of being in groups! I'm wondering if there are any private teachers, and telling me that won't help me at all.

Please help!

Thanks.

Answer 1

I'm sure you can approach a teacher and they will be happy to teach you individually if they have the time and you have the money.

the drawbacks are:

1- you WILL PAY THROUGH THE NOSE

and

2- you miss out on training with different body types and different stregths, also a old teacher might not be able to go as hard and as long intensity.

I think private lessons are good and bad. the pros are that you do get more intensive training.

as a better alternative have you thought about perhaps finding a very small size school with smaller classes?

that way you might assuage your fear somewhat, and also get the benefit of more personal attention with different people to work with but its still small.

Answer 2

Yes there are teachers that only train individuals. Private classes are typically expensive, upwards of $25-$100 a session. Privates generally also yield great results as the instructor concentrates on you and no one else.

It is not un-common to find students that just don't want to learn in a group setting. If I had the money growing up, I would of loved to have my own private instructor. I knew some people that learned via a private instructor instead of going to a group class, they were excellent in forms and were very respectful.

Answer 3

Yes there are. Where to find them in the hard part. However keep in mind that at a minimum it is best to learn in pairs. Two students learn a lot from having someone to toss around.

Answer 4

Yes, there is, they are normally called closed door disciple.

My nephew recently found a grandmaster Chan who specializes in Chan family style fist. It is a mixture of inner and external style.

My nephew had to do a standing pole meditation for 12 hours one saturday as a show of determination, although he stood up after 6 hours, he was accepted.

As a hint to you , most kung fu masters with a long lineage usually run a medical hall by day and teaches/practise martial arts at night, or over the weekend.

For example, Huo yuanjia's descendants practises bone setting in some part of malaysia and indonesia.

Sometimes, they do not have time to teach, so if you do know of someone who is practising his or her family fist, you can try asking them if they do teach.

There are normally no tests involved in accepting students unless the grandmaster had bad experience with students, then they set rules where the students have to pass a certain type of tests to show their determination and sometimes aptitude.

Depending on where you live, sometimes finding a good private martial arts teacher is not easy.

Just remember two things, if you are initially rejected, try again, show determination ,sincerity and persistence.

Ｉwas rejected at least 6 times before I managed to learn a set of breathing technique from a friend.

Answer 5

I have had several students that wanted only private lessons and were willing to pay for them.  It does sometimes make for a long day though when you have several classes to teach and then a private lesson in between them or at the end and so I charge accordingly.  The other thing about private lessons is while you will progress a little quicker you don't develop your skills quite as fully.  Ju-jitsu is a good example in that when you practice and work with a multitude of different partners, different shapes, sizes, and abilities it also helps make you better so you may want to consider at some point working out with a small group sometimes as your ability and skill develops.  Most instructors encourage students such as yourself to do so just for that reason and all of my students that do private lessons do some group lessons or I have a few students come in and spire or work out with them for this reason as well.

Answer 6

For many years I owned my own dojo and taught groups. Then I began teaching mostly by private lessons.  Now I teach only a few selected students.  Not sure how to answer your question. Yes there are a few instructors that teach only one or two students. Most of them don't advertise so they are hard to find. In many cases they don't want to be found making it even harder to find.  If you are looking for one watch out for anyone that claims to have been the only student of some  grand master. We have had a few of them in Virginia. None of them can prove their claims by credentials or their abilities.

Answer 7

That is what martial arts is for to break that shyness and open you up to new things, your best bet is to play Tekken or Street fighter at home. Martial arts require partner work and  not just from your instructor, he will tell you anything just to get that extra dollar plus other students give you support in what you lack.

Answer 8

Most honest Black Belts in in any art will take on a serious student for a one on one "private lessons". Though be prepared to fork over some big bucks.

I charge $50 per hour in cash up front.

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Answer 9

yea there is you just have to find one..for instance my family teaches private and semi private classes... nd for  Jiu-Jitsu  ur going to have to work with one other person...if ur ok with that?

Answer 10

Martial arts is about growing as a person, so yes, you need to get used to groups so you can learn to be social