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10-31-2007, 10:38 AM
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VOE: For Beginning Students
Hi folks,
Just thought I'd start another new thread in the Voices of Experience forum.
Outside of the technical curriculum, what do you feel are the most important things you would like beginners to learn for their aikido training?
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11-07-2007, 04:27 PM
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Dojo: Still Point Aikido Center
Location: Austin, TX, USA
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Re: VOE: For Beginning Students
Obedience.
Ross
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11-08-2007, 03:36 AM
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Dojo: Yoshin-ji Aikido of Marshall
Location: Wisconsin
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Re: VOE: For Beginning Students
Simply that beginning students learn how to 'watch'. Even if they have seen something before, the real learning happens when you learn how to watch as if everything is new, because it 'is' new. Every time.
In gassho,
Mark
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11-08-2007, 04:24 AM
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Dojo: Jiyushinkan
Location: Monroe, Washington
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Re: VOE: For Beginning Students
Just ONE thing, NOW.
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11-08-2007, 04:49 AM
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Dojo: Hiroshima Kokusai Dojo
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
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Re: VOE: For Beginning Students
How to cope productively with frustration.
I can sense the frustration of some of the beginners we have here. They listen to the explanations; they watch as carefully as they can; they imitate as much as they think they are capable of doing-----but the result is quite different. And they see that I do it, and that when I do it, it seems so easy.
Beginners are so interesting to teach.
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Kokusai Dojo,
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11-08-2007, 01:49 PM
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Dojo: Berkshire Hills Aikido
Location: Massachusetts
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Re: VOE: For Beginning Students
That Aikido is learned from the inside out and the instructor facilitates the student's process.
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11-08-2007, 01:50 PM
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Dojo: GUST Aikido Club
Location: Salwa, Kuwait
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Re: VOE: For Beginning Students
Tai Iku, Ki Iku, Toku Iku, Joshiki No Kanyo.
Rock
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11-09-2007, 10:29 AM
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Dojo: ACE Aikido
Location: Los Angeles
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Re: VOE: For Beginning Students
One thing I find valuable is to help people learn to feel and be able to listen with their bodies, and then process the information and feedback both cognitively and intuitively. In my experience, this contributes a lot towards people developing real skill in Aikido.
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09-04-2009, 10:58 AM
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Dojo: aikido academy/alhambra,california
Location: Los Angeles, California
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Re: VOE: For Beginning Students
Do your own due diligence. Delegate this responsibiity to no one else.
Investigate the art form as the one you want to study.
Investigate the dojo, as an environment you feel safe in.
Investigate the instructors, as those you can respect and trust.
Begin, and persevere throughout the duration of your commitment, and never relinquish ownership over your own safety, peace of mind, and right to choose at any time what your inner sensei tells you to see and do.
Have joy in your daily training!
francis y takahashi
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