Gym hopping question

[Ryan Brick]

I have a student who stopped training with me to go to another gym. At my gym he couldnt beat any of my white belts, like never once. He goes to this other gym and can tap there bluebelts 1/3 of the time...

So after a few months he quits there and starts training with me again he still cant beat a whitebelt but he has improved.

After a month he becomes discouraged from not tapping anyone and goes back to the other gym, I had him only working defense and surviving when he was back with me and now the female blackbelt instructor of that gym has to spend 10 minutes before he can find an opening to submit him.

He wants to keep training at that gym and do private lessons with me.

Now the other head instructor of the other gym keeps insulting me on facebook. They run a mcdojo where u belt test every 6 months and are pretty much guaranteed a stripe each time.

What should I do? Would you train this guy? If he competes it will be under that gyms name.

[Kurzy]

Show up at their school and offer to roll.
Ask them if they mind if you record video to post on facebook.
lol.
sorry.

[Greg W]

If he is paying you for privates and you do privates, then go for it. Do worry one bit about that other gym or the belt they give him. These things have a funny way of working out in the end. The mats are the ultimate "bullshit" detectors.
Make sure you teach him RG, They will probably kick him out of that other gym.

[Tom Carbone]

I'd have him pay in advance and then choke the shit out of him every time he shows up

[Tom Carbone]

He quit 10th Planet TWICE and reps a school that talks shit about it. Why would you train him?

[Ryan Brick]

He quit 10th Planet TWICE and reps a school that talks shit about it. Why would you train him?

Ya thats kind of my thought. He personally thinks 10th planet is better but this school is 5 min closer to his house so he says thats why he trains there...

As an instructor I think I care as much about the development of each of my students as they do. So it bugs me when one who could be good chooses not to be.

[Sam Sales]

I don't see an issue with this from the students end. He really hasn't done anything wrong at this point. Sounds like he has been pretty honest with you about everything if nothing else.
As for the other instructor I would just take the high road and ignore them. :-)

[Chris Ludington]

Must be nice to have so many options!
Kids these days have no idea how easy they have it!

[Cody Kietzman]

Some people see training at a school as a business transaction and nothing more, others look at it and see so much more. If this guy wants to treat it like a business transaction then so be it. I would hold him at arms length and avoid going out of my way to teach him. Hell, teach him the same shit he is learning at his other school.

[Cora Sek]

I witness this everyday. Sometimes to be GOOD, you do have to fight someone that is not as good as you so you can practice all the new moves on. Repping on guys who have no clue about what you are doing, believe it or not, this does help alot in term of confidence to use new moves. Because if you spar with guys that always smash on you all the time, you will never get to your game thus won't improve. I take Cora for example, I always encourage her to use her new moves on the lower belt kids so she can go through her reps, when she get good at that move, she can use it on the higher belt kids and bigger kids. I think this guy is doing just that. He want to train with you, but he also need to find somewhere where he is able to use what you taught him. So keep on training him, he does want to learn. Maybe oneday he will be as good as your white belts and will stick around.