Thread: Giving Advice
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Old 06-09-2009, 06:00 AM   #25
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Re: Giving Advice

Hi Ruth: It's a really large dojo, sensei is sometimes correcting but not always, and to clarify this is like 2 people in a big class, it's not that big a deal. I didn't want to sound like a jerk or like I wanted to be right by bringing it up. Sorry about the vagueness.

Mark's right, this is about me having a hard time getting over myself because I feel like I know what I am doing, and clinging stubbornly to little bits of evidence that confirm that worldview. My ego, like most egos, is enormous and largely unhelpful, but it's mine all the same, I don't really have any choice but to deal with it. Isn't that the persistent problem, not just with aikido but with a lot of things?

Linda, yeah. Getting new software that doesn't do things exactly the way you would has a similar whine-curve.

Peter, I will check out Ledyard Sensei's teaching methodology and appreciate the direction.

I've got to stop thinking about it now... I'm going to stop commenting here and go start getting over myself.

Thanks everyone for the insight. I'm just going to keep training!
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