Cognition

Teach to Maximize Eurekas

Posted by admin on May 29, 2011 at 1:46 am

At an introductory seminar to Aikido, I learned about how to structure a class for complete beginners, and of different paths to understanding. Aikido is a martial art, and as such, it’s meant to be experienced. I wish we had spent more time doing Aikido basics, instead of talking about principles and how they worked, [...]

Mastery

Posted by admin on May 9, 2011 at 9:18 pm

I have been formulating in my mind a path to mastery of topics – a way to generically apply oneself to mastering anything – to developing an intuitive feel for the art of something. It has been crystallizing through my study of Aikido, guitar, foreign languages, swimming, and through my experiences teaching foreign languages, tutoring [...]