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Old 07-24-2008, 09:45 AM   #16
DonMagee
Location: Indiana
Join Date: May 2006
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Re: Do I Have The Right Dojo?

Without any paper work, I would strongly advise asking for his lineage and do your due diligence. You are paying for a service from a professional, if i was hiring a guy to work on my house who was not from a big named local company or backed by some big union, I would want references and background information. There is no difference here.

If he trained under X, then you should be able to call X and verify it, or at the very least find out who X trained under. The first thing given to me when I joined my aikido dojo was a pamphlet that included my instructors lineage going all the way back.

Plus, this gives you a good feel for the instructor right away. Anyone angered and not actually excited that someone is asking about their past is not someone I would want to train under. I would leap at the chance to talk about my instructors if asked.

- Don
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