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- From: david@xlnt.com (David Johnson)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: T'ai Chi or Pa Kua in Palo Alto area
- Message-ID: <1326@xlnt.COM>
- Date: 20 Jan 93 17:44:50 GMT
- References: <11618@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> <1993Jan11.204120.17268@netcom.com> <1312@xlnt.COM> <1jftj0$plq@agate.berkeley.edu>
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- In article <1jftj0$plq@agate.berkeley.edu>, robinson@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson) writes:
- |> In article <1312@xlnt.COM> david@xlnt.com (David Johnson) writes:
- |> >My teacher told
- |> >us about the mind games his teacher liked to test prospective students
- |> >with. His teacher continued to play games to some degree even after
- |> >accepting the person as a student.
- |>
- |> Do you have any details? Some of us might find them useful for future
- |> reference.
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- At his first interview with his then prospective teacher, the teacher
- made him wait for a few hours and never did come out to meet him at that
- first interview.
- The teacher did observe his behavior while he waited. The teacher took
- note of things like: did he wait patiently or did was he restless?
- If you do not wait patiently you are not accepted. Even after acceptance,
- all that was done in regular classes was conditioning. The real stuff
- was taught in special classes held at midnight. I think he said that
- those classes were by special invitation.
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- A previous poster pointed out that you usually need proper introduction.
- My teacher confirms this. He could not have had that first interview
- had he not had been recommended earlier.
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- My previous teacher here in San Diego played mind games with his
- students too. I do not really know his motivation. My current
- teacher does not play those games.
-
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- David Johnson
- XLNT Designs, Inc. (XDI)
- david@xlnt.com
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