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Karen Wolek · 12-05-2005, 01:30 PM

Any instruction I get from Sensei is helpful. ANY.

I have no idea what "learning type" I am, so I just take whatever I can get. Sometimes a verbal cure will give me an "aha! moment", otherwise it will give me a "huh? moment".

But then a few weeks or months later, that same verbal cue just might give me the aha moment I need! They are a lot more helpful now than they were in the beginning, when pretty much anything made me still stand there like a deer in headlights.

12-05-2005, 01:30 PM	#7
Karen Wolek Dojo: Kingston Aikido Location: New York Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 322 Offline	Re: Poll: How helpful are verbal instructions in learning aikido for you? Any instruction I get from Sensei is helpful. ANY. I have no idea what "learning type" I am, so I just take whatever I can get. Sometimes a verbal cure will give me an "aha! moment", otherwise it will give me a "huh? moment". But then a few weeks or months later, that same verbal cue just might give me the aha moment I need! They are a lot more helpful now than they were in the beginning, when pretty much anything made me still stand there like a deer in headlights.
	Karen "Try not. Do...or do not. There is no try." - Master Yoda