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Old 05-01-2009, 07:59 AM   #9
John Furgerson III
 
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Location: Mexico City
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Re: Questioning a teacher

Thanks to you all for the advice and information. I have no problem doing basics over and over again. I love Aikido and the basics of it. I have no desire to do any other martial art.
Aikido is for me and the dojo is one that I like. Hopefully the Sensei won't be cold for long but if she is, oh well. There is another Sensei there also and he's still nice with me. They share the classes. She teaches Monday Wednesday and he teaches Tuesday Thursday.
He Saturday and she Sunday.
Basics are fine but I like to do both in a class. As for me not payingthe Sensei, I'm just paying for the upkeep of the dojo....not true. These two Sensei's do Aikido for a living. That's all they do. So some of the money they have to use to live on. Paying only for the dojo is what I did in the States. The teachers there had jobs during the day and rented a room in a church to practice in in the evenings.
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