1) To be honest, it didn't help at all. My interview helped me develop a newer perspective in Aikido and what it is suppose to help you achieve while my presentation helped me understand the time and the effort I need to put in to reach my goal: becoming a black belt. I learned from both of them, but I learned two completely different things.
2) What stood out was probably my visual and my attire. I showed each step (belt) that you have to go through to reach the end (black belt). Also there was very few people that dressed up for the presentation, so I believe that helped me stand out.
3) Most challenging part was to not go over the five minutes! From the start I knew that I would have that problem because there is lots of things to talk about in Aikido, even on just the belts! I shortened the presentation a good amount, and I still had to rush through it. That is probably one of the most challenging things so far.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Senior Project Presentation (Rough Draft)
Objective: The students will learn the different ranks in Aikido: from white-black belt.
Procedure:
1) Start off by asking who has studied some kind of martial art and what kind of belt they have. (1 minute).
2) Then I'll talk about how every martial art has ranks/belts and in every dojo the ranks slightly differs (1 minutes).
3) Go over the different types of belts and the order from white-black (2 minutes).
4) Go over the belts and check for understanding by randomly picking a person and they start off by saying white; I then choose a different person they have to say yellow, so on and so forth. (1 minute).
Check for Understanding: I will be checking for understanding by having the class say the belts in order while I pick random people.
Resources/ Materials: I would have to create a list of the belts, either write it on the board or have handouts. My visual would be that list, and possibly I could run to my dojo and see if they have extra belts.
Procedure:
1) Start off by asking who has studied some kind of martial art and what kind of belt they have. (1 minute).
2) Then I'll talk about how every martial art has ranks/belts and in every dojo the ranks slightly differs (1 minutes).
3) Go over the different types of belts and the order from white-black (2 minutes).
4) Go over the belts and check for understanding by randomly picking a person and they start off by saying white; I then choose a different person they have to say yellow, so on and so forth. (1 minute).
Check for Understanding: I will be checking for understanding by having the class say the belts in order while I pick random people.
Resources/ Materials: I would have to create a list of the belts, either write it on the board or have handouts. My visual would be that list, and possibly I could run to my dojo and see if they have extra belts.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Interview 1 Preparation
1. I am interviewing John Harney, 4th dan and an instructor at my dojo. I am interviewing sensei John simply because he has been studying Aikido for quite awhile now, and I'm sure he'd be very resourceful.
2. I will ask him how long he has been studying for and what part of aikido does he prefer more (techniques, weapons, or grappling).
2. I will ask him how long he has been studying for and what part of aikido does he prefer more (techniques, weapons, or grappling).
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Why Aikido?
My topic for this year is Aikido. I choose Aikido because I wanted to know more about it, I wanted to finally get my black belt for Aikido (although I don't know if I will by the end of the year), and also because everything was there for me (easy service learning, lots of people to interview, and the people there are happy to help me)! I hope that by the end of the year I will get a better understanding of Aikido: learn the background, why it was made, and excreta.
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