Third Interview Questions

1) What is the best way to become a successful aikido practitioner?
2) What do you believe is the most important aspect in aikido?
3) What do you tend to emphasize when teaching aikido?
4) How important do you think the philosophy of aikido is?
5) What do you think a successful aikido practitioner is?
6) What has kept you in aikido for this many years?
7) What kind of mindset should a person have while training in aikido?
8) If a person were to approach aikido with a different mindset how do you think it'll affect their performance and overall training?
9) With a situation at hand how would a successful aikido practitioner handle the situation?
10) How should one go about in becoming a successful aikido practitioner?

Self Reflection

1) P: I think I am doing fairly well with the parts of the project that need to be done, but I am not going above and beyond to be in that AE level.
2) Service learning: I am already more than half way done with my service learning, I have at least 35 out of 50 hours done.
3) Science fair: I having been on top of it because I keep thinking it is due on February, but I should be working on it, and getting started by getting the materials that I need.

Science Fair Proposal

1) The mass of the wooden bokken is directly proportional to the amount of  force it inflicts.
2)  Dependent: Amount of force done by the sword.
Independent: Type of wood that will be used.
Control: Height the sword will be dropped at.
3) This experiment pertains to my EQ because to be a successful aikido practitioner you need training. When you train with weapons you want to make sure that you get a strong, well made bokken or jo. I am going to be finding which bokken is the strongest; thus showing which bokken is best for training.
4) I will buy a number of bokkens, each made from a different kind of wood. Then I will be testing the strength of the wood with a vernier force plate (it measures, in Newtons, how much force was applied on the plate). The sword will be attached to a pole, probably with some sort of string; I will bring the sword up to a certain height, and let the sword drop. When the sword falls the tip will swing in an arch shape and hit the force plate; I will record the amount of Newtons, and move on to the next wood.
5) Mathematics and Computer Science.

What I've Learned So Far

1) I have obtained a deeper understanding of the different techniques and how to do them.

2) This is a video of me performing a techniques (Sankyo and Shiho-Nage) on my brother (Joshua Navarro) with the camera specialist (Christine Navarro).
3) My service learning had helped me with understanding this. Because it is the little kids that I have to work with, I have to go through each step with them and show them how to execute the technique without trying to force the technique.

Independent Component 1 Plan Approval

1) I will practice a skill (aikido) and then document my practice.
2) Well my dojo is open six of seven days a week, and I'll just go there more often to practice. I will also record my hours on a calendar everyday I go.
3) Well one of my possible answers, so far, is training. I think that training (practicing this skill) will help me become a successful aikido practitioner.

Defining the Essential Question

1) What is the best way to become a successful aikido practitioner?
2) Successful and Aikido.
3) The best way to become a successful aikido practitioner is by training.
The best way to become a successful aikido practitioner is by teaching the techniques.
4) Francis Takahashi because he was there from the beginning. He started to train in aikido when it was first going to different parts of the world. He's been training for around fifty years now and his sensei was the founder of aikido, he has trained with him, his son, and his grandson. So I think he knows lots about aikido and I think he is a great resource.

Second Interview Questions

1) How long have you been studying aikido?
2) What made you study aikido in the first place?
3) After training in aikido for ____ years has it made you any different?
4) How long have you been in this organization: Aikido USA?
5) Has aikido changed in any way since you first started?