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Old 12-14-2001, 04:44 PM   #19
L. Camejo
 
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Originally posted by Mona


ahem..well, I was EXACTLY LIKE this person once...Not so long ago, actually.
And from the point of view of such a 'mentally blocked' person, all I can tell you is the more pressure you put on your student, the more mentally blocked this student will become. My advice to the sensei (with all due modesty and humility, naturally!) in such cases would be:
"Do Not GIVE all of the technical instructions at once. Give one small tip per session and have him/her work on that, preferably in a small corner of the dojo, where nobody is looking. "

In this manner, the student will slowly but confidently apply all of the tips.
Then one day, out of the blue, the student will have a 'sudden epiphany' and bang! he/she will be doing those mae ukemi almost perfectly, just like that!

Mona
Thanks a lot for the tip Mona. That idea had occurred to me and I have been letting the person do exactly what you have said. I guess a bit more patience can be in order.

I guess seeing the "mental block" state in that student reminded me of a time when I was there also, and I know how frustrating that felt.

And if anyone misuderstood my post, I did not mean the words "mentally blocked" in any malicious manner, it was merely descriptive of the situation as it appeared to me.

Sumimasen.
L.C.

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