Can't Goku just become a martial arts instructor?

[DBZAOTA482]

The reason he chose to be a farmer was so he can slack off and train but wouldn't it be better to apply his passion as part of his profession? He could become a instructor part-time (at least) where he can train on the side only he would have more justification for doing so.

I understand fans don't like the idea of Goku being employed in general (what do they want from him?) but it's not like he can't make good out of a bad situation... can he?

[Polyphase Avatron]

I have a feeling he would not be very good at teaching normal humans.

[Simere]

There's a lot of things he could do to make a tremendous amount of money using his skills. It's another insight into how dumb Chi-Chi is that she can't think of them.

[Lord Beerus]

I think Goku would get bored quickly when he realizes how low the glass ceiling of power is for regular Earthlings.

[Jackalope89]

I have a feeling he would not be very good at teaching normal humans.

Well, he could become the teacher to the next generation. As not only him, but Vegeta, Krillin, Piccolo, etc are all getting up there in age. He could look into teaching Uub, Pan, Goten, and Trunks. And maybe the U6 Saiyans as well (kind of already started with Kale and Caulifla).

[PerhapsTheOtherOne]

I think Goku would get bored quickly when he realizes how low the glass ceiling of power is for regular Earthlings.

And this is why Tenshinhan, Roshi, and Krillin are better suited to being martial arts teachers.

They've experienced being left behind and not really being able to catch up, and they don't have this instinctual drive to always be moving upwards on the ladder. Goku seeks challenge constantly; it's part of why he continues to get stronger no matter what the limits may be.

However, this isn't conducive to helping others grow stronger, except in the sense of being a benchmark in the case of Vegeta and Gohan.

Really, until Uub comes along, Goku's probably never gonna see worth behind the idea of helping Humans become stronger through teaching. Even then, Dende made a point of telling Goku that he should consider training Uub.

[Polyphase Avatron]

I think Goku would get bored quickly when he realizes how low the glass ceiling of power is for regular Earthlings.

And this is why Tenshinhan, Roshi, and Krillin are better suited to being martial arts teachers.

They've experienced being left behind and not really being able to catch up, and they don't have this instinctual drive to always be moving upwards on the ladder. Goku seeks challenge constantly; it's part of why he continues to get stronger no matter what the limits may be.

However, this isn't conducive to helping others grow stronger, except in the sense of being a benchmark in the case of Vegeta and Gohan.

Really, until Uub comes along, Goku's probably never gonna see worth behind the idea of helping Humans become stronger through teaching. Even then, Dende made a point of telling Goku that he should consider training Uub.

If I was going to be trained in martial arts by a DB character, I would pick Tenshinhan.

[Lord Beerus]

I think Goku would get bored quickly when he realizes how low the glass ceiling of power is for regular Earthlings.

And this is why Tenshinhan, Roshi, and Krillin are better suited to being martial arts teachers.

They've experienced being left behind and not really being able to catch up, and they don't have this instinctual drive to always be moving upwards on the ladder. Goku seeks challenge constantly; it's part of why he continues to get stronger no matter what the limits may be.

However, this isn't conducive to helping others grow stronger, except in the sense of being a benchmark in the case of Vegeta and Gohan.

Really, until Uub comes along, Goku's probably never gonna see worth behind the idea of helping Humans become stronger through teaching. Even then, Dende made a point of telling Goku that he should consider training Uub.

If I was going to be trained in martial arts by a DB character, I would pick Tenshinhan.

Funny enough, Super has taken the approach that Tenshinhan could make a good martial arts teacher with how he has his own training dojo and has a lot of students who look up to him.

[KBABZ]

Goku has shown to be a good teacher for an individual (namely Gohan in the RoSaT), but I don't think he'd be cut out for teaching a group of people. Reason being is that I see him as an eternal student; in his quest to be better, he takes it to the point where he's always learning, and while teachers of course shouldn't stop learning themselves, I feel Goku takes it to such an extend he wouldn't be compatible with being a teacher at a martial arts school.

[Sonofman]

Goku lives to continue breaking his limits and continue from there. He doesn't want the carefree life of not training but instead helping others become stronger. Remember when he was training youth Gohan? He sucks at it, to the point where Gohan told him that he didn't push him hard enough. Piccolo should be a martial arts instructor, although if wouldn't work well because he's green and scary xD

[PerhapsTheOtherOne]

Goku lives to continue breaking his limits and continue from there. He doesn't want the carefree life of not training but instead helping others become stronger. Remember when he was training youth Gohan? He sucks at it, to the point where Gohan told him that he didn't push him hard enough. Piccolo should be a martial arts instructor, although if wouldn't work well because he's green and scary xD

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[Chuquita]

The concept of Goku as a teacher feels so incompatible with his personality that it's part of why I don't like EoZ much.

Meanwhile I love the DBO concept of Krillin and Tenshinhan as martial arts teachers; I think they'd both be great at it.

[Lionel]

Goku doesn't profess any institutional system of combat that we would refer to as "martial arts". Truth be told, he might have less to say about the craftsmanship of technique than a karate academy instructor for children. His style amounts to rigourous burdensome exertions of his body until he can finally achieve a higher state of strength and ki emission. It just happens to be dressed up with some gaudy poses that our minds associate with martial arts.

On to the question -- Goku has taught people before. It doesn't mean he would make the best teacher since his naïveté might see him not pushing his students in the way they need to in order to succeed. If the student is simple-minded and "pure" like he is then there shouldn't be any issues. Problem is, most people aren't like that. I can see why folks like Roshi and Tenshinhan would be deemed the superior instructors.

[FoolsGil]

imho, there's no reason to think Goku can't train other people, or that he'd get bored with a bunch of humans, or that it's out of character for him to train anyone. Until he actually does it, we don't actually know.

But consider this: There is no reason Goku wouldn't train any differently from Master Roshi: Master Roshi didn't teach Goku, Krillin, and Yamcha how to fight. He sent them on Milk Runs and Construction Jobs while he looked at porn-Switch porn for training at King Kai's with Goku. And even if Goku was forced to do a traditional dojo, he could still train before and after classes, and even during he can still go through the basic motions as a kind of continuous warm up before cutting loose after class.