Who is your Pilates Teacher trained with???

Last night a mate popped over to say Hi, he has a bad back, though doesn't like to admit it! (what is it about blokes??? ) He has done Pilates for a couple of years, twice a week, so by now you would've thought he would know Neutral spine, about posture, maybe even what type of posture he is plus other things taught by a properly trained Instructor I won't go into now...and that his back issues would've been eased by now...not got worse...so I asked if he knew who his Pilates teacher did their training with...and how many there are in a class...no he doesn't know who the teacher is trained through and theres usually about 20 in a class...can you hear those alarm bells ringing already?
Have persuaded my friend to come along to a 1:1 in my house..as feel that he has almost no TA connection, and is not at an advanced level as he has been led to believe..
So, folks out there doing a large Pilates class....ask your teacher questions, do they know their posture types...who did they train through, was it in a weekend??? You cannot learn Pilates in a weekend, its just ridiculously impossible, there far too much to learn, even after 2 years theres still loads to learn and workshops to attend, you will always be learning...have even heard of someone who is a fitness instructor who is teaching pilates to a load of people just by taking moves from Pilates books...dangerous and and inconsiderate to those in their class...bad backs are caused this way, not made better by the method that the majority of clients go to Pilates for in the first place! This gives Pilates a bad name, and makes us Pilates teachers so incensed..
Thankfully things are changing and Pilates teachers HAVE to be Level 3 trained by Dec 2009 in order to teach in a Gym/Fitness centre...but I have found out that theres a company who have weekend courses that train Pilates to a Level 3 standard thats legal!!! But read the small print...it has to be advertised to all the clients that you cannot do this type of Pilates if you have a bad back....now...who doesn't like admitting that they have a bad back??? And who wants to improve their torso, mainly abs? Yep...blokes hate to admit theres anything wrong with them, will be economical with the truth and want a toned tum, as do women too, but they are more aware of their body and will not do something if it hurts , well, that's if they have any sense! So I guess that keeps me and Physios in business then...just send them along when you've hurt their backs in your class....
Oohh, shes ranting again.....!!