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Sascha Petrosevitch

New Member
Anyone who has read the majority of my other posts on this forum will be aware of how when I was training in aikido (I have since quit by the way,partly as a result of this) one of my pet peeves was my sensei,who I felt disliked me and picked on me in front of the other class members.It might not be pleasant to remember(it certainly wasn't nice for me :() but I was wondering if anyone else has had a bad experience with an instructor whilst learning the art of aikido,or any other martial art for that matter.

In Peace and Love

Sascha
 
Kido Ryu

Kido Ryu

Reverand Member
Sascha hello, :) I hope all is well today.
When I first started training, back in the 70's, I had an instructor.... I won't say his name, but he was one of the Dirty Dozen that challenged Mr. Seagal. .... Anyway...... to me he did not possess the true martial arts spirit as I understand it..... He was full of himself and mean. He would hurt people that came to the dojo to learn and he took great delight in making fun of a student in front of the class.
I trained with him for a few years because it was the only place to train where I lived at the time, I endured his attitude because my desire to be a great Martial Artist out weighed my contempt for the instructor.
Years later I started training with a great Jujitsu master and discovered that what I had learned from him had given me the ability to excel in the eyes of the great master..... not that the technique I had learned was all that great..... as a matter of fact it paled in comparison.... but my training ethics were a step above the other students and I had a never say die attitude which has served me well over the years.

I hope this helps in some small way.

Respectfully,
Rev.Dean
 
GlimmerMan

GlimmerMan

Huge Member
Sasha - hello. When I 'attempted' to join an Aikido class the sensei asked me if I had studied martial arts before. I explained that I had three years experience in kickboxing and Thai boxing and he looked at me as if I was some sort of thug, or indeed a dirty, dirty worm and informed me quite coldly that they were not proper martial arts and that I was in for a rude awakening if I was to study in his Aikido class. I certainly was. After half an hour of meditating and bowing to a brick wall I got bored and left.

Glimmer
 
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Sascha Petrosevitch

New Member
GlimmerMan said:
Sasha - hello. When I 'attempted' to join an Aikido class the sensei asked me if I had studied martial arts before. I explained that I had three years experience in kickboxing and Thai boxing and he looked at me as if I was some sort of thug, or indeed a dirty, dirty worm and informed me quite coldly that they were not proper martial arts and that I was in for a rude awakening if I was to study in his Aikido class. I certainly was. After half an hour of meditating and bowing to a brick wall I got bored and left.

Glimmer
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Hi Glimmer-Thanks for the reply.I suppose Thai/Kick Boxing aren't 'proper' martial arts in the traditional sense of the word,in that they originated from Thailand (Thai Boxing,anyway) and not Japan,but from the way he spoke to you,it seems as though he didn't think that they would be truly effective in a combat situation.But my Thai instructor says that Thais have the most powerful kicks in the world and from what I've seen,I'd be inclined to agree with him.So that's just totally nutty. :D

Sascha
 
Markydo

Markydo

New Member
when i first started Aikido i was shocked by the attitude of the Sensei!
after trying every night for an hour to get the foot movements correct he still told me it was rubbish and that he wasnt gonna spend all his time teaching me the basics i should learn within 2 weeks!
talk about knocking the wind out of your sails!

Well as you did i also quit, i now train in combat Jujitsu and i can tell you it is fantastic! i love it, its Aikido/jujitsu/judo and kick boxing all rolled into one!

I think we were right to quit! no martial art is easy to learn and instructors/Sensei's should have the knowledge to know that people learn things at different paces and that he should give his beginners as much respect as anyone else cos he was a beginner once too!

Good for you hun, hope your enjoying your new art!

Markydo
 
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Sascha Petrosevitch

New Member
Markydo said:
when i first started Aikido i was shocked by the attitude of the Sensei!
after trying every night for an hour to get the foot movements correct he still told me it was rubbish and that he wasnt gonna spend all his time teaching me the basics i should learn within 2 weeks!
talk about knocking the wind out of your sails!

Well as you did i also quit, i now train in combat Jujitsu and i can tell you it is fantastic! i love it, its Aikido/jujitsu/judo and kick boxing all rolled into one!

I think we were right to quit! no martial art is easy to learn and instructors/Sensei's should have the knowledge to know that people learn things at different paces and that he should give his beginners as much respect as anyone else cos he was a beginner once too!

Good for you hun, hope your enjoying your new art!

Markydo
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Thanks for contributing to the discussion Markydo.

Yeah,it would seem by and large that a lot of the Aikido instructors we've encountered have had serious attitude problems.I hope it's not a really common trend that all the people who rise to the top in the art develop.Yeah,my sensei was a real turd.Me and my Thai instructor joke in the class that we're going to go round and beat him up. :D

Sascha (Wishful thinking)
 
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Juukaki

New Member
Hi everyone, I trained in Shotokan Karate for about 6 months and thought it was unusual in that we were sparring after the first couple of lessons. At that time I had very little control and was informed that all the stances we had been learning were thrown out the window while sparring. This was never fully explained to me and I soon became disinterested.
I recently started training in Aikido and mentioned my limited knowledge of martial arts and my Sensei has been very forgiving. This is more of a happy story I guess as I'm enjoying Aikido far more than I enjoyed Karate. While I think that Aikido just suits me more I also believe that by being kept in the dark at Karate I grew frustrated. The Sensei was a nice person he just didn't explain things enough.
 
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Juukaki

New Member
Amos Stevens said:
Welcome Juukaki to the group!

The right Sensei will make all the difference!
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Thanks Amos! That's definatley right, infact all of the regulars are really nice too. I go every opportunity I can!

My Sensei has warned me about some of the people attending as they try to teach already or contradict the sensei. Anyone else have any bad colleagues?
 
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danielle

Guest
There are good teachers and bad teachers in every field...including the martial arts.

I am very fortunate to have a wonderful Taekwondo instructor. He's been doing TKD for nearly 30 years and he's very fair and cares about us as his students.

One example that comes to mind is that a few weeks ago, there were some teenaged punks loitering outside the gym where my school is located. I had seen these losers when I arrived for class that night and got that feeling that they were trouble. Apparently, my instructor walked into the gym awhile earlier and these a**holes started calling him names under their breaths, one gave him the finger, etc. This incident didn't seem to bother him, though I am sure he felt disrespected (he's a 5th degree black belt - TKD master). Well after we heard this story, one guy in our class, a white belt, wanted to go out and kick these punks' asses - half joking, half serious. Everyone else chimed in. Of course, my master can defend himself, but we're loyal to him and were ready to take the punks on if we had to.

My advice is to shop around for schools before committing to one. One of the important things is to observe how s/he teaches his or her class and their style and how you hit it off personality-wise with the instructor.

Danielle
 
Lonewolf

Lonewolf

Semper Fi
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Glimmer,your Aikido instructor wanted to test you!!
He wanted you to break this brick wall after meditation!!!!
You know like we see in these cartoons where the guy breaks a brick wall with his head!!!!
Maybe even after ten days of 'meditation' I would not try that!!!!
Bricks suck!!!!LOL
Just kidding!
Peace my Friend!
Lonewolf!
 
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