your teacher has a more structured approach to teaching. Ours is the old style where he won't tell you anything except what you need to know and you just need to watch and follow whatever he does. He'll watch and identify those who have potential. When he thinks you're ready, he'll pay more attention to you and teach you more. Very old school mentor-student type. Good if you're a quick learner, bad if you're slow. Drop out rate is quite high over at our side. Of my class who started with me, only 2 others remain after almost 3 years.
Then find another good master, otherwise wasting your time, worst learning the wrong moves... then in the long run, very hard to correct these wrong moves.. Luckily my teacher quite devoted in her teaching, she even stayed back after the class to revise those who were still not very sure (eg me).
not really. I think this teacher is good for me. He's actually very good in comparison to some of the other teachers I've spied upon at other centres. The only thing is you have to be a quick learner or risk having him give up on you. I think he's starting to take an interest in some of us. This 51-step jian is rare and he said his own sifu and himself now, wouldn't teach it unless you've been with him for at least 3 years. He's also started watching me when I do the 108 and making me very nervous as he circles me.
His style is very old-sifu type and not good if you're slow but I must be doing something right since he's taken an interest...
I'm actually a believer in the survival of the fittest so this unstructure approach actually favours me.
ok got it. So you are a quick learner. Your shi-fu is a great and expert in taichi, can see that in the video clip. However not all are quick learners, sorry to say, esp the more elderly ones..naturally they tend to pick up the skills slower, agree that lots of patience and chances must be extended to such folks, I am sure they would like to be fast learners too.
So good for you, but not so good for those who cant catch up. :-(
wow nice one. I am learning the 24 posture 二十四式 taijiquan , learnt 起势 , 攻步, and 搂膝拗步.. quite fun.
ReplyDeleteyour teacher has a more structured approach to teaching. Ours is the old style where he won't tell you anything except what you need to know and you just need to watch and follow whatever he does. He'll watch and identify those who have potential. When he thinks you're ready, he'll pay more attention to you and teach you more. Very old school mentor-student type. Good if you're a quick learner, bad if you're slow. Drop out rate is quite high over at our side. Of my class who started with me, only 2 others remain after almost 3 years.
ReplyDeleteThen find another good master, otherwise wasting your time, worst learning the wrong moves... then in the long run, very hard to correct these wrong moves..
ReplyDeleteLuckily my teacher quite devoted in her teaching, she even stayed back after the class to revise those who were still not very sure (eg me).
not really. I think this teacher is good for me. He's actually very good in comparison to some of the other teachers I've spied upon at other centres. The only thing is you have to be a quick learner or risk having him give up on you. I think he's starting to take an interest in some of us. This 51-step jian is rare and he said his own sifu and himself now, wouldn't teach it unless you've been with him for at least 3 years. He's also started watching me when I do the 108 and making me very nervous as he circles me.
ReplyDeleteHis style is very old-sifu type and not good if you're slow but I must be doing something right since he's taken an interest...
I'm actually a believer in the survival of the fittest so this unstructure approach actually favours me.
ok got it. So you are a quick learner.
ReplyDeleteYour shi-fu is a great and expert in taichi, can see that in the video clip.
However not all are quick learners, sorry to say, esp the more elderly ones..naturally they tend to pick up the skills slower, agree that lots of patience and chances must be extended to such folks, I am sure they would like to be fast learners too.
So good for you, but not so good for those who cant catch up. :-(
Btw, do you have to pay for these lessons? :-)
Of course you have to pay for the lessons!
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