Without any overseeing body demanding accountability from karate instructors, karate schools, a highly personality-driven business, can attract the wrong kind of instructor, the kind who has an unhealthy addiction to power and control.
Jesse Enkamp, a best-selling martial arts writer, has made some astute observations of the kind of instructors to avoid. He calls them “The 5 Sociopathic karate Instructor Personalities.”
They are:
- The Faultfinder
- The Disciplinarian
- The Badass
- The Nebulous Master
- The Cult Master
Read this article to find clues on how to recognize these emotionally challenged individuals trying to pass themselves off as a sensei.
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