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Re: Why do teachers stop learning?
One of the reasons I have encountered for the non-learning/progressing teacher is this: Teaching feels like training, but it is not.
When I am teaching, I have to make a special effort to do some training as well. Demonstrating technique and taking ukemi for students sure feels like training, but its not. It has been my experience that when others are calling me "Sensei", my technique does not get criticized (to my face). This is of course proper, if people nit-picked their instructor, the class would go nowhere. But I need criticism, even from a peer if I am to continue to improve.
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