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Larry John · 09-09-2005, 10:38 PM

Mark,

Thanks! Glad I could offer some little value.

Without appearing to trivialize things, I expect that each person will answer your question "what kind of behavours (sic) are being rewarded and punished in aikido, and in our dojos in particular?" differently.

Interestingly, it seems a useful part of the process of evaluating a dojo to see if one wishes to begin--or continue--to train there.

By the way, I'd suggest changing "rewarded" to read "encouraged" and "punished" to read "discouraged." Not to be PC, but to more accurately reflect what I think is the operating philosophy of most aikido dojos.

What's really interesting is when different members of the same dojo come up with different answers.

09-09-2005, 10:38 PM	#25
Larry John Dojo: Aikido of Northern Virginia Location: Arlington VA Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 74 Offline	Re: HOW does aikido change us? Mark, Thanks! Glad I could offer some little value. Without appearing to trivialize things, I expect that each person will answer your question "what kind of behavours (sic) are being rewarded and punished in aikido, and in our dojos in particular?" differently. Interestingly, it seems a useful part of the process of evaluating a dojo to see if one wishes to begin--or continue--to train there. By the way, I'd suggest changing "rewarded" to read "encouraged" and "punished" to read "discouraged." Not to be PC, but to more accurately reflect what I think is the operating philosophy of most aikido dojos. What's really interesting is when different members of the same dojo come up with different answers. Last edited by Larry John : 09-09-2005 at 10:46 PM.
	Larry