| and 145 miles by
road from the proposed school at Sheridan. One solution is to
garner enough |
| parental
support from other families and open a school in Cody. It
might be necessary to |
| get commitments
from 60 potential students (figuring 80% will actually
maintain a long-term |
| enrollment).
After finding or building an acceptable structure one then
would have to obtain |
| a teacher and
[eventually] classroom aides. What to do without a
teacher or enough students? |
| 1. A student
could obtain recordings of a martial arts grandmaster and
practice at home. We |
| would have no
clue the student existed. |
| 2. The student
could register with Silver Wolf Wushu and get the canonical
recordings but never |
| send in videos of
the student to be graded. The student might choose to buy
clothing, weapons |
| and accessories.
The student would be invited to attend (but not participate
in) formal |
| exhibitions. |
| 3. The student
could register with Silver Wolf Wushu, get the canonical
recordings and send in |
| videos to be
graded. With high enough scores the student would get
certificates of proficiency, |
| could persist in
earning a degree, and would be invited to participate in
formal exhibitions. The |
| Chen Family would
like to provide occasional coaching (commentary on the videos)
but the |
| operational
details remain to be defined. Depending on how frequently the
student sends in |
| videos, this mode
might provide useful statistical anchorpoints for parents and
physicians. |
| 4. The student
registers with Silver Wolf Wushu and sends in daily
recordings. The Chen Family |
| currently
believes that weekly coaching (asynchronous review of the
videos) MIGHT be enough |
| to exert a
positive influence. Note that a student need not bother with
trying to follow a live class |
| taught over the
Internet in another timezone and language. A student might be
able to access |
Tuesday's
material taught in English from 10 AM to noon Pacific standard
time (UTC - 8) with
| Portuguese language audio
from Mozambique using Central African Time (no
daylight savings, |
|
| so always UTC + 2) Wednesday
evening. |
|
| 5. SAITO currently calculates
an initial need in the United States for 460 schools
in 330 cities in |
|
| 225 counties in 51 states.
World-wide 7800 schools in 240 countries in 1575
provinces or states |
|
| in 4200 cities. Some web
pages with selected details have been published in the
international |
|
| subsection of the investor's
section. |
|
| Note that a remote student
could select another curriculum such as Cheng style
Bagua Zheng, |
|
| Hebei style Xing Yi Chuan,
Yang style Tai Chi Chuan, Hung Gar, Shaolin Temple
Wushu ... |
|
|