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Old 05-26-2004, 04:30 AM   #5
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Re: Future Teacher - Advice to prepare?

Analyse the techniques you do and think how you would explain them. So much of aikido becomes instinctive and internalised that when you try to explain it to beginners it seems very difficult. They often ask the same questions, so after time you will work out a way of describing it.

I have found also that an 'assistant' who is not too advanced is a great asset as they can explain things in simpler terms and are more aware of the difficulties for beginners.

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