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**Sillaycheg** · 03-26-2011, 11:19 AM

Here's a question for all you instructors out there.

What are you looking for in an ADULT beginner before you deem them ready for bogu? Is it mostly a time requirement (i.e. three months to bogu) or are you looking for certain benchmarks (i.e. basic understanding of ki-ken-tai)? If two beginners start around the same time and show up at practice about the same frequency, but one progresses significantly faster than the other, do you graduate the two into bogu at the same time?

Getting the basics down is of course important. But I also feel there has to be a balance in terms of keep a beginner engaged, and not letting them languish in non-bogu classes for too long. What say ye?

03-26-2011, 11:19 AM	#1
Sillaycheg Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 494 Senior Member	What does it take to graduate to bogu -- instructor's POV Here's a question for all you instructors out there. What are you looking for in an ADULT beginner before you deem them ready for bogu? Is it mostly a time requirement (i.e. three months to bogu) or are you looking for certain benchmarks (i.e. basic understanding of ki-ken-tai)? If two beginners start around the same time and show up at practice about the same frequency, but one progresses significantly faster than the other, do you graduate the two into bogu at the same time? Getting the basics down is of course important. But I also feel there has to be a balance in terms of keep a beginner engaged, and not letting them languish in non-bogu classes for too long. What say ye?
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