Sensei Rick Zimmerman has been teaching Karate to kids and adults since 1997. He has developed a distinctive approach for fast, efficient learning.
* Students aren’t awarded promotions, they earn them!
* As soon as students feel they have mastered a required subject, they are tested. If they pass, they immediately get rewarded with a new stripe or belt.
The power of this approach is two-fold: A) The timing of the test is initiated by the student, not the Sensei, so much of the anxiety of testing is avoided. B) Students work hard continuously, instead of “cramming†for a deadline. Using this approach, students increase both their learning speed, and their retention!