kwong Kow Kung Fu

This summer I have been volunteering for my Kung Fu School by teaching classes for the kids across the street at Kwong Kow summer camp.
I have been a teacher at Kwong Kow years before. and The first summer I taught, forty of the older kids wee able to learn a modified version of the entire basic form.
Part of it was due to the fact that we practiced every day. Granted it was only about 15 minutes every day. But I found that 5 minutes every day is far better than one hour once a week, in terms of development of muscle memory and just being able to memorize movements in general.
The other part of it was that among the students there were a couple of strong leaders who memorized whole form quickly so that the other 38 kids could just follow along with the movements.
One in particular Chan Jun geet (Phoneticized cantonese and not actually how his name is spelled) was not only able to memorize the form and develop some power, but when I taught a simplified version of a technique to the class, but practiced the original more difficult version when we did the form, he was able to see the difference. I saw his curious face watch me and then at recess he correted his own technique and worked on it.
I was very impressed by this because children who i would try to explain the details to would often yell at me or cry or sulk, which is why I usually don't explain details to students who don't step into the schools walls or who don't show perseverance in practicing moves until they have power, etc.

Anyway, this summer I am teaching one hour a week, with a different group of kids everyday. Surprisingly, the leaders this year are from the second grade, and they are group of girls who have done gymnastics or Chinese dance before. Even though the classes are only once a week (and then there is also another Kung Fu Club once a week) They were able to ick up the form that I taught them, mainly because it is a much shorter section of movements from a different form.
I picked that section to teach because it has cool looking moves as well as moves whose applications are readily apparent and useful in self defense. Of course it would be nice if everyone could practice once a day (which is what my plan for the Kung Fu club was) but things didn't go that way.

Another benefit to everyday practice besides just memorizing moves is that the kids will get noticeably stronger. The first summer I taught the TA's and some campers would play a game where they would poke each other and say "poke"
After a couple of weeks, the TA's complained to me because many of the students "poke"s had become "Chap sau!" and the kids were actually able to hurt the TA's.

This strength is just from doing Chap sau's in the air for a short period of time.

Although the kids this year can memorize moves, I don't see the same type of improvement in the basic power of any of the kids. It is a month and some of the kids can really throw a punch. throwing their whole stance and body behind it, but imagine how it would look if they practiced every day.

Of course, I can't teach them all everyday unless I took them outside to a basketball court or something, but I figured maybe a teacher or a TA could. Instead, I am even teaching the Kung Fu Club, which I explained I would only be advising.
Not only am I not compensated for that but neither is the school.
But I guess I should have seen that coming and I shouldn't complain since I was the one who brought up the idea.
What I don't understand is why many adults will expect fast results and "real soldier" like training , but then the classes are only once a week.

Some benefits of the new structure of classes had been that I get to know the kids better since I teach smaller groups. But that doesn't really mean they learn any better.

Most striking has been what I learned about the personality of different classes and what behavior is rewarded and what behavior is "punished"
I guess I'll save this part for tonight or tomorrow as my son is yelling now.