Private Training
This week only two people turned up, both were beginners on the course. This meant that we could spend the whole session focusing on their needs and working through the techniques in some detail.
Small classes are often difficult to run as you don't seem to spend much time demonstrating and things move along too quickly. The feedback from the guys was that they got a lot out of the session. Certainly they were progressing well in their techniques and will have no problem with the grading.
Hopefully some of the others may reappear next week. Tony says that it is week 8 blues and I am inclined to believe him, especially after last week, which was apparently well attended.
Thanks to Tony for taking the class last week and also turning up last night where he helped put a lot of the redundant mats away.
4 comments:
I really wanted to come on Tuesday but I have work committments from hell at the moment. I feel I am now a couple of sessions behind but I am keen to catch up. I hope you were not disheartened by having only two students.
I noticed that no-one has made any comments on your blog - maybe this is an internet thing.
I liked your comments in the "Stuff on my mind" blog. I too am interested in why all of us beginners are there in the dojo putting our bodies through the paces and becoming very well acquainted with the mat. I was surprised that in the first class you never asked us "Why are you here". I think this is a crucial question.
After one class five of us piled into a car and someone made a joke about the car being full of "lethal killing aikido machines". We smiled because I think all of the beginners who have never studied martial arts realise how long the path of study is. Many of us feel that our first few weeks were spent just trying to co-ordinate our four limbs and we still have to stop and think about which leg and foot we are supposed to be using in a particular move.
Every lesson gives me an understanding of what I do not know and as my knowledge of my ignorance increases I find greater motivation to carry on. This has actually been a very strange experience for me. Normally I learn stuff and feel that I am progressing as more "things get added" - like learning a language. In Aikido I feel that I progress by learning what I don't know and have yet to learn.
Is that just me being weird?
Ian you can always make up sessions by going along to other classes during the week. I wouldn't be too concerned though. Aikido is something that takes a very long time to get to grips with and the first ten weeks barely even scratches the surface.
What is important to me is that you are enjoying the classes and experience generally, that you are learning both about aikido and perhaps more importantly about yourself.
You are right that I should ask about why people have come to the course. I will try to remember that next time.
I suspect the reason no one else has commented is probably that no one else reads the blog!
Yeah we do :)
I'm glad that there are at least two readers. I would prefer if I knew who they were though.
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