IANTD Free diving instructor course

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Jon,
I think you and I have each done a lot of teaching ourselves this discipline of freediving. Even after you've taken Kirk's clinic I know you read avidly on deeperblue and other sources as I do and we're always adding to the knowledge we have of freediving, hence, we are always learning one more thing we could teach. After corresponding with IANTD and doing the best to relay my experience/abilities/knowledge, I was told I could most likely be moved right into their MFD instructor course and run the MFD course concurrently, more so as a review, and it sounded like it could all be done for the cost of the MFD Inst. course.
A course may be available up in B.C. this June...
I still want to take a clinic or the IANTD course... just trying to figure out which is best for me.

Say, speaking of insurance... do you suppose if you became an "official" freediving instructor, that you would open yourself to more liability than if you were not. I think so. Right now, it's all buddy buddy, not "official instructor" - student. Maybe another reason to take one of Kirk's clinics instead of the IANTD program.

I guess if I became an instructor (not that you need a cert to be an instructor.. I always figure if you know just 1 thing more than the other, you have something to teach, and if the other person knows just one thing more than you, you have something you can learn and they can teach). I wouldn't be doing it for the money or worrying about paying costs. I would be doing it to learn that one more thing, and to have a little piece of paper that could give some legitimacy to teaching. For most folks I would think that being able to freedive to -100' or more and hold you breath for close to 4 minutes or more would definitely put you in a position that you might have something to teach. I suppose, if I were to start teaching, there might always be someone who would say something about what are your qualifications!!? I guess that's the time to say that if you can dive to -100' or more and hold your breath for 4 minutes I have nothing to teach you.. but if you can't get past -30' or -50', or hold your breath for a couple of minutes.. I can teach you.

I think I could be a good instructor. Cert or no cert, doesn't really make to much difference to me. I love this freediving and the few times I have gotten to take someone under the water with me it has be super rewarding. That's what it would all be about.

I think the ice might have come off the area lakes today.. 85 deg. here!
Might be able to get into the water on Tues or Wed. I'm fired up!!

Fred