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"Your guide for newbies covers vastly all the points that worry me the most ... I read it eagerly the minute I received it, and several times more after. ... I wonder how people used to prepare for their first gradings in the olden days, before you guys wrote this guide ... In general, I like the understanding and friendly style of yours, and the tricks to gain a few secs in case you feel too tired! ..." Patricia, London
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As I teach aikido to children I often think about teaching methods. Kids' attention (in addition to respect) has to be earned as they are not as patient as adults who come to training and can listen to whatever sensei says even if he talks for an hour (he does not, btw). Kids can't practice iriminage for 10 minutes, they get bored after 2. So I need to find what is effective, what is useful, what is fun. Although I don't teach adults regularly, kids' classes and adults' classes I train in give me some idea about how I should teach children, and how I should teach adults when I get to that situation some time. The following paragraphs describe two basic methods/approaches to get to the state of 'perfect' aikido.
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