I've been to clubs where there's a big push to pay membership, buy tshirts/sashes ("We don't do coloured belts here", though seniority was signified by tshirt/s

I've been to clubs where there's a big push to pay membership, buy tshirts/sashes ("We don't do coloured belts here", though seniority was signified by tshirt/sash colour...). In some cases, it was clearly commercial - I've heard of another club in London having direct debit (not sure what you call that outside UK) for membership fees, regular gradings for batches of students, and the franchising of teaching to senior instructors at best, or to senior students at worst. In other cases, clothing was available, less to make money, but so that they could wear something they'd be proud of. I'm proud to say I've never had a teacher in silk pyjamas though! Here, http://internalstyle.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=135:questions-about-cma-one&catid=10:articles&Itemid=28 http://internalstyle.com/index.php?option=com_content&vi... , the sifu writes of a further distinction between student and disciple.