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DOs & DON'Ts IN
AIKIDO TRAINING
1) OBSERVE GOOD MANNERS
Observing due
respect is more than merely making a bow. It is essential for the trainees to
receive their instructors and seniors with the utmost honor in every respect.
Showing due respect is very difficult to do since excessive courtesy lapses
into polite insolence and too modest a behavior is opt to lose the chance of
doing the civil.
2) HOW TO THROW YOUR
PARTNER
There are often
those who fancy themselves great by virtually knocking their opponents down
flat on the mat. Their concept of hard training is uttering wrong!
One of the essence of real training lies in the throwing process. When
let loose mercilessly, Aikido techniques do not allow Ukemi (Defensive
rolls and somersaults). It therefore behooves you to throw your partner in
such a manner that he can response with Ukemi without fear of injury.
The purpose of Aikido training is to build up strength and proficiency level,
not to inflict injury.
3) WHEN IN DOUBT,
RETURN TO FUNDAMENTALS
While you are
taxing your ingenuity on a wide assortment of varied techniques, you may
either get lost or strike a snag. What you should do in a fix like this, is
to go back to the fundamentals and restart. By doing so, you will be able to
hew your way to advanced stages.
4) TRAINING PACE
GEARED TO BEGINNERS
In training of beginners, attune the pace to them and repeat basic
techniques/exercises in a readily understandable way. Too much in-depth
teaching will confuse the beginners, after all in-depth training are meant
for senior trainees to further their skill proficiency.
Senior trainees may hate to do this because the training is so elementary.
Natural repetition of basic techniques/exercises, however, is so critical
even to senior trainees that this training method is adopted, whereby the
basic Aikido form is ingrained in them.
Dated
7th Jun'01 - J. Anthony Neo, Senior Instructor
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