The bad Karate instructor

A lot of martial art students get conned by bad instructors with wrong techniques and fake credentials. Its difficult for a newbie student to figure out if the master is teaching the right moves or not. But then a good instructor would never brag and never hurt the students while sparring.  These are some of the signs to know the good from the bad. Learning the wrong technique is worse than not learning at all, cause it wont help you in the hour of need and you would be under the impression that you would be able to handle a fight and get into one. Sometimes the wrong form can harm you while practicing on your own too, in the form of sprains, pulls and ligament tears. There is an impression with people that martial arts is all tough training and conditioning, its partly true. But then you are not supposed to do kumite (Sparring) in the first class itself, neither does your Sensei(Master) make you do rigorous exercises unless your body is ready to take that kind of pressure. So be aware and away from such Dojos and Masters, who are just in to make a quick buck and sell the art forms.

Here is an funny video example of how a bad master can be, performed by Jim Carrey