Should a teacher correct too much?

A modern teacher in the West usually adjust somebody's posture at will. A traditional teacher, however, gives very little corrections. What my teacher did to me was: He modelled my body like clay and I instantly felt that it was the right posture. Sometimes it can be somewhat painful, especially when it is a low posture.

I remember when my "dragon on the ground" Chen style was corrected, I felt some discomfort but my whole strength was in the lower body and there was a clear difference between heavy and light leg.

My teacher would look at me and test my posture. For Jin Kang Dao Dui(Buddha's Warrior Pounding Mortar) he said I would stamp too hard with downward force. "This is a kick to the ground and you should use the leg as a lead to discharge power." he said. He let me perform a normal kick with downward force and of course it did not work

"Observe me and you will see the mistakes yourself. If you don't see them, it makes no sense for me to correct." I had to learn how to feel the mistakes and correct them myself, because my teacher is not with me all the time.

He shows several martial arts applications to let me feel myself why my movement is wrong. This way it will be engraved in my mind. It would not be the case when he corrected me verbally and at will, critical and patronizing..........