Do you remember how excited you were when you started learning martial art for the first time?

You want to learn martial art and you do not know which martial art you should choose. And when it comes to finding a good martial art teacher, you usually have no idea how to choose a good martial art teacher.

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If I say see this and check out that, still it will be difficult to understand who is a good martial art teacher if you have never learned martial art before.

First of all, make the decision which martial art you are going to learn. If you want to learn the martial art for self defense, you should choose martial art that is realistic and teaches you how to defend yourself in real life.

After choosing a martial art, finding a good martial art instructor is very important. A good martial art instructor actually knows what he is talking about and if there is something he does not know, you will find that and then answer the question. When you talk to him, he will not pretend like he knows everything.

If you get to know how he learned martial art, that's better. A good martial art teacher spends time learning martial art. If the instructor does not spend enough time learning martial art, he might not have the experience that he needs to teach martial art properly.

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We do not expect to fight for self defense. In case an instructor has some real-life experience of fighting or defending himself, that is always better. You want to learn martial art so that you can defend yourself, right? If a martial art teacher has some real-life experience, he knows what it takes to defend yourself.

If you go and share something that does not help you for self defense, he will guide you properly. If something does not work, he will accept that it does not. He will not pretend that it works.

A good martial art instructor is a good person. He is confident, not arrogant. He respects other people. He teaches not only how to be a good fighter but also how to be a good person.

Thank you so much for reading this. Please feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comment section.

Stay safe. Always be happy!