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Jess asked in SportsMartial Arts · 1 decade ago

Being corrected by a Sensei who is not yours and not of the same mindset while at your Dojo?

Okay, so I was at Aikido and we had a Sensei coming from another club for an INFORMAL workout. He had me uke Gedenate for him. When he "finished" the move, I walked out of it. After, he told me that as Uke I am to take the fall for tori. But, My Sensei has always taught us that we should not take the fall, we should have to be thrown. (My Sensei had already explained this to the other Sensei) I just nodded and said okay, but I don't know what to do when I have to work with him again. Any ideals?

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  • Jim R
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Jessica...don't take advice from strangers here. So sorry, but your own instructor(s) is the only one(s) for you to consult. Every dojo is different in it's inner workings. Talk to sensei openly and express your concern. Sensei will help you.

    Source(s): 40+ yrs training/teaching MA
  • 1 decade ago

    I think it really depends on a few things. Some throws are very hard on your partner and so when demonstrating those throws I usually take a lot off of them to decrease the pain for my partner as well as help cut the chance of injuries. At the same time if they walk out of it and act smug or stupid then I really don't appreciate it and will do the throw again with more speed and intensity. If it was that type of throw that he was demonstrating then I can see a reason for taking the fall. Otherwise maybe not.

    Visitors working out or you visiting another class and working out are usually a little tricky in the sense that every class and instructor is different and so it does create for some awkward situations and even some misunderstandings. I am always careful about having guests drop in and work out as well as when I do that and what I do when visiting some of my friends and their schools for that reason. Talk to your instructor about it and see what approach he wants you to take with this. Doing that will alert him to the problem as well as give him an opportunity to tell you what approach to take next time and then go from there.

  • 1 decade ago

    Jessica,

    This is tough, but it happens more than you might think. My suggestion is to stay respectful as you have already done. If the other sensei is asking you to do something I would just do it for them. Later when you can speak to your sensei privately I would ask that sensei how do you want it done. You can then explain what the other sensei asked and how you responded.

    This will help you tremendously. It has worked for me in the past. It also kept me from offending the other instructors. Then you also will not be confused and can do it as your sensei wants.

    Source(s): Martial Arts since 1982 Black Belt in Shorin Ryu Black Belt in Jujitsu Brown Belt in Judo
  • 1 decade ago

    Sometime it's really hard to deal on another Instructor who we have not able to tangle with, but you must learn things from him, it is about proper coordination and subordination as part of respect showing you are a well disciplined kind of person.

    You have good point by telling what your Sensei teach you and you must adopt on it, but learning from others will make you more elastic kind of practitioner, it means you will know how to flow whoever is the Instructor you have to train with.

    Just tell your Sensei about this things for his awareness so that you will going to hear whatever is his opinion.

    Good luck

    ..............

    Source(s): Senses
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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You shouldn't try to fall for someone because this undermines the skill of the person you practice with. If the other man is a true master though, he may have a different reason for not full on throwing you and you certainly do not want to disrespect him. I would fall for him, but only for him. For all other students, they should have to force the throw. Although I may not be the best person for advise, as usually we either get thrown or "turtle roll" out of moves that are done slowly.

  • 1 decade ago

    Outstanding answer by Jim R.

    His is the final word in this issue.

    Remember that you represent YOUR school, YOUR Sensei.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That kook should have been able to throw you. There are too many self proclaimed masters out there who buy "black belts" and think they can fight. You should have hit him with osoto gari and then juji gatame. When he was rolling around from the broken arm, you should kick him in the head

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I never just fall, unless it's for demonstration, Note that that doesn't mean I'll bitterly fight against every technique, just that if I'm not falling, I'm not going to jump.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Dont take offense to what he has to say. Learn from it.

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