From individual to individual, you get a wide range of personalities. Therefore, each karate club will have distinctly unique qualities that will differentiate it from others. You'll never find things done exactly the same in two places, despite the best efforts of some organizations to function as governing bodies that enforce standards. The instructor is the final decision maker. A Good Instructor Finding a good karate instructor is not very easy.
Most instructors line their students up and count off the techniques while watching.
After demonstrating a concept, they let the class try it out, but only the very few go from person to person adjusting each and every student they can during an exercise. Good instructors spend their time in the midst of student correcting them, riding them, fussing over their abilities, and coaching them to higher performance. There are several subjects that a good instructor should be versed in before he runs out onto a pretty wood floor to give others his wisdom, but most never bother. Education - Good teachers are born, not made. Good teachers are rare.