Talk about having an adventure day and stretching - literally! I just got back from a 2 day Brazilian Jujitsu seminar by John Will, an amazing martial artist and instructor - this guy not only knows his stuff but knows how to teach it too! I’ve never done Brazilian Jujitsu before so it was a fun eye-opener.
Something I really liked about John was his continual use of positive reinforcement; one of his favorite phrases during training was ‘good job!’ Reminds me of my first Bujinkan Taijutsu sensei, Marcus Snoddy, who would always say ‘good training!’
In my experience as a coach, I’ve also found positive reinforcement to work much better than negative reinforcement, catching people when they’ve done something well and recognizing them for it. That builds both confidence and motivation, both excellent states to continue learning from.
I’ve still got a bit of a stiff neck because of a neck crank we did where we pushed the head down onto the chest and folded the rest of the body into a V position - good training 
Keep stretching!
June 20th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Thats a cool thing! Congratulations!
But I think I must give you an advice, although you may know it, but nevertheless:
- BEWARE not to break (shock or lock) something, Alvin!
It is easy to happen, but takes years to heal!
- BEWARE egoistical teachers. It is even more dangerous than breaking your bone - its like breaking the soul.
Those guys do a lot of marketing and everything (most clever of them do this indirect) to “glue” you to their lessons. Things like “The only right way”, “Path to enlightment”, “Belts”, “Masters”, “rules”, learning/copying without understanding, high training costs, japan/chinese/other words/sentences learned, but without translation/understanding.
I am not saying you should leave such clubs, but I strongly recommend a ninja/shinobi behavour there. Comply, but always have your OWN “head”.