Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Starting on the path

This is some very good advice from Aikithoughts for beginners in aikido. I'll probably proudly steal it and give it to all my beginners. I particularly like the "commit" part. It's the same advice I give my cardiac rehab patients - The frequency and intensity of training don't matter as much as the regularity.
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I, of all people, surely know about being busy and having a life and I understand all that. It is good and necessary to do other things. Aikido is not religion and it is not family and it's not employment - so it's pretty far down most sensible folks' lists. But you get the most benefit from consistent attendance - even if it is once a week.
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(And again, I'm not ragging on my current students about their attendance. I'm just stating a fact. ;-)

2 comments:

  1. Just came across your blog, and I'm enjoying reading your thoughts on training!

    Glad you found my post interesting. No need to steal it--feel free to use it! :) We've had a lot of new students over the past few months, so I figured it was time to write a few of these things down.

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  2. there were several great posts just on your front page. It was hard deciding which one to rave on here. I will definately be adding Aikithoughts to my blogroll. Hope to see you back here soon.

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