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GouRonin
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One of the reasons I have responded well to Systema is the absence of terms regarding motion.
American Kenpo has about a billion names for it's techniques. Yes i know they have their code and all and I understand it but Systema is based more in a motion recognition theme of both visual and other perceptions.
I myself am a very visual oriented person. I see something and I can monkey it easily. Then when it's explained what i am doing i grasp it even better.
I have always had trouble remembering technique names. For example...Jaybacca asked about a technique name the other night. I shrugged. He started the motion and instantly I knew what he was doing. (In retrospect I love it when he gets insights and shows me better ways to WORK a technique)
So while for some people labelling everything but the kitchen sink is great in a system for others it's harder to deal with. (Yes, that scar on my scalp is from head trauma...shut up) The Tracy system of Kenpo might be well near impossible for me to learn based on an auditory system of teaching. Systema has been a dream for me.
This is one thing that has always bugged me about American Kenpo. I think it's a great system. However many instructors feel that they know what the student is experiencing in their journey of learning. However, I would like to point out that they do not. No instructor can say they KNOW what a student will do. For the most part they can accurately predict what will happen but there are a few of us out here who learn differently, and experience things in ways you just don't know.
I don't give a %$#@ to test in front of people. I don't do well that way. Set me off in a ring and I'm fine though. I also KNOW for a fact that my Kenpo works. I've defended myself with it. Because I don't do well in a test it I don't know what I am doing? I'm one of those particular students that doesn't fit the mold. Perhaps it's a learning disability, maybe not. I've seen guys who can rattle off terms till the cows come home who fall apart in the ring. What's that disability called? Application disability?
My advice to some instructors is "Forget what should be." Drop your egos and learn yourself how to teach the system in another manner you might never have thought about.
American Kenpo has about a billion names for it's techniques. Yes i know they have their code and all and I understand it but Systema is based more in a motion recognition theme of both visual and other perceptions.
I myself am a very visual oriented person. I see something and I can monkey it easily. Then when it's explained what i am doing i grasp it even better.
I have always had trouble remembering technique names. For example...Jaybacca asked about a technique name the other night. I shrugged. He started the motion and instantly I knew what he was doing. (In retrospect I love it when he gets insights and shows me better ways to WORK a technique)
So while for some people labelling everything but the kitchen sink is great in a system for others it's harder to deal with. (Yes, that scar on my scalp is from head trauma...shut up) The Tracy system of Kenpo might be well near impossible for me to learn based on an auditory system of teaching. Systema has been a dream for me.
This is one thing that has always bugged me about American Kenpo. I think it's a great system. However many instructors feel that they know what the student is experiencing in their journey of learning. However, I would like to point out that they do not. No instructor can say they KNOW what a student will do. For the most part they can accurately predict what will happen but there are a few of us out here who learn differently, and experience things in ways you just don't know.
I don't give a %$#@ to test in front of people. I don't do well that way. Set me off in a ring and I'm fine though. I also KNOW for a fact that my Kenpo works. I've defended myself with it. Because I don't do well in a test it I don't know what I am doing? I'm one of those particular students that doesn't fit the mold. Perhaps it's a learning disability, maybe not. I've seen guys who can rattle off terms till the cows come home who fall apart in the ring. What's that disability called? Application disability?
My advice to some instructors is "Forget what should be." Drop your egos and learn yourself how to teach the system in another manner you might never have thought about.
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