I feel as though I have captured a solid teaching style but the part I still want to improve upon is keeping a theme that fits within a time limit. One of my two negative habits is cramming too much into a short period of time. I genuinely get excited to show the material, but I have to realize that all of it doesn't need to be shown in one class. Someone had once told me that "less is more" and those classes where we keep the technique minimal but the drilling high, I have seen the best results.
The other habit I noticed is having a month's long study of a certain area. Overall it's not necessarily a bad thing, but an important thing to do to keep people aware of different possibilities in the same area of study. Tracking these trends can help build good habits by leaving less time thinking of a solution and more time reacting. The issue I worry about is when someone misses one of those classes, they miss a huge portion of the study. And now they are potentially left behind come next class. I know not to take it personal, I just like to see people grow.
I've also found it funny on how teaching days are very similar to any other day of grappling on the mats. You are going to have good teaching days and others where you question why you thought that material was worth teaching. It's a great learning experience that has opened my eyes to new possibilities and solidified the old ones.
I no longer want to just improve myself, but learn what might help other students games and bring that material to them. It's very rewarding to see them make techniques work and more amazing to see that look in their eyes when the concept clicks and they can apply it elsewhere. It's a constant learning process, but it keeps me working towards a group goal in addition to my own. I can't wait to see my vision unfold for my future classes.
