Ah yes, the big stick at head..been there. I was doing jo kata with my wife and I remember we had changed from stepping through the kata to flowing. I remember standing there thinking “I’m supposed to be blocking this” as the shomen strike was heading for my head. Jo managed to pull the strike as she realised that I wasn’t moving; it still hit me, but at least it didn’t cause any serious injury. Not sure where my mind was at the time, but it wasn’t doing the kata.
Ian

sounds like the classic `you’re not listing to a word I’m saying’

I’ve been trying to learn to do that selectively. I’m one of those people who finds myself trying to follow that interesting conversation at a nearby table at the same time as comment appropriately in the conversation I’m actually taking part in at my table.

Especially poignant in a martial arts class, when the instructor is talking about how to apply some interesting lock on a student at the other side of the class while my partner is saying, “so I’m gonna swing this big stick at your head now, don’t forget to duck!”…

Cheers,
Gary

I don’t believe the classes will be selected based on learning style. What the teachers will be trained in, is using the class summary to better understand the variety of requirements within their classes.

The profiles for both of our children were sent home yesterday and after reading through them we can see all the traits identified. For example, my son always fidgets with something in his hand when he is reading. His profile identifies movement as a natural strength and states that “the learning process is generally kinaesthetic. They will need to move (especially hands) to process new learning. Allow them to write or doodle while listening – it will keep them attentive even though they may appear inattentive.”

According to Simon, your dominant side for each are hard wired in the womb and do not change, although you can do exercises to increase the use of the other side of the brain for each.

Under stress the two side of the brain don’t pass the signals, so if your ear feeds to the logical side, under stress you only pick up on the words not the emotion, alternately if the ear feeds to the emotion side, you don’t hear the words, just the emotion. Hmm..sounds like the classic ‘you’re not listening to a word I’m saying’ moment.

Regards,
Ian

So, are they planning on selecting classes by learning style? I.e. Visual learners will be grouped together and taught in the manner that helps them learn most effectively? I wonder whether a developing child’s favoured learning system changes as they mature?

I must remember to bear all of this in mind the next time I teach a martial arts class…

Cheers,
Gary

Thanks. It’s more about obvious things like if your right ear is dominant, sitting on the left of the class so that you are better able to absorb rather than on the right where you would be ‘listening’ to the wall or having to turn to hear better.
The ear massage worked by reducing the tension in the lower skull/neck (I think that was it), this in turn allowed the spinal fluid to flow better to the brain and reduce tension there, reducing tension throughout the body.
Yes, I was initially sceptical, but when you are the subject, its difficult to deny the result.
Regards,
Ian