To be a martial arts teacher?

there is no set standard for what you need to know to be a martial arts instructor. which is a dam shame because there should be. especially when it comes to sports medicine

-but going by japanese and okinawan organizations your rank should be 3rd or 4th degree.

-some basic medical knowledge will help, when i had my dojo i use to take first aid training and cpr courses, and keep my certificates up to date.

-i would also recommended to take some sports medicine classes. and have an understanding of body mechanics.

There is a jujitsu teacher who runs a club my son has gone to for six years. He turned sixty the other week. He runs an adult club two nights a week too. I've watched the adults a few times. He still practises and gets stuck in. I would accept that his reaction speed is not as good as it might have been but he is so well drilled and the reactions appear so instinctive and his anticipation so good that I would definitely bet on him if half a dozen men tried to mug him in an alley. If you want to google him he is Brian Cheek. I took up the judo again at 38 after 17 years off. Yes the mind can remember the moves but the knees are not as supple and the speed has gone but you can see it in the footballers as much as in any sport with experience comes anticipation and the older better players don't chase the ball around as much but anticipate through experience where it is going to go next. Age and experience can defeat youth and enthusiasm more often than you may think. Get back to the karate but why not join a club where there are more vets, because there is another aspect to the maintenance of your physical capacity. If you don't use it you will lose it. Good luck

I require anyone who is going to actually manage a dojo for us to have the following:

1. CPR certified

2. Basic EMT Course Completed

3. Completed the Instructor Course (Sensei) License Requirements

Anyone who simply teaches at our main dojo has to have the first two as a minimum.

We have a weekly course that all of our Sensei must attend where we train, cover issues and also cover / teach about Shiatsu, Kiatsu and martial arts injuries / methods of prevention for injuries.

I am an instructor, depends on your curriculum. if you do a lot of contact sparring, then some sort of first aid should be known, but my dojo i think the worst thing that we have happen are bloody noses, cuts(from students who don't trim their nails), a joint that got tweaked a bit to much...but i don't think a whole lot of medical experience is needed if you teach proper technique and control to your students, and you properly gage their abilities.

but i have CPR, AED, and first aid certifications from doing a security job. (first aid is mostly common sense and doesn't really teach you to do much)

I taught martial arts for a while, and the minimums are the ones that you listed. be able to know the signs of heat stroke/ exhaustion and diabetic shock. You should also familiar with the RICE treatment for minor injuries. If you can call 911, that helps a lot

i guess there could be a few things that a teacher could have to help them, a form of business skills, the average grades in maths and english (or the language of the country of which they are teaching at, i guess basic teaching skills themselfs, law, fitness, there is probs more.

The most important and most overlooked thing ive noticed that is needed is knowlege and understanding of the MA that teacher or an assistant is expected to have. Then comes the CPR and first aid.

The gyms i know have their own medical guys so the pressure is off the instructors for the most part as far as that goes.

Well

u need to train in an art and achieve a black belt or significant level where your instructor allows you to teach.

first aid has its own levels...don't be looking for a martial arts first aid. cpr is the minimum