Well the day had it's share of pure gold. First about the instructor. He has 2Phds in psych, one in clinical psychology and one in sports psych. He specializes in trauma therapy, and is also one of the on staff sport psychologists for the Israeli Judo, Wrestling, and Jiu Jitsu national teams.
Today we were dealing with child psych aspects of being a martial arts instructor in Israel. Martial arts instructors are mandatory reporters. There are numerous psychological issues for which children may be prescribed physical activity and even specifically martial arts, and thus we become part of their treatment system. The ministry of culture and sport also sees children's martial arts instruction as part of their education, socialization and cultural indoctrination. Thus with all of that we have to care about our children students, listen to them, have empathy and strive to be good role models.
At this point John Kreese Ninja(JKN) raises his hand. I was hoping this was going to be good, and he did not disappoint. JKN said, "What if I don't want to be an empathetic role model?".
The instructor asks why he wouldn't.
JKN: "I've spent seven years to become a shidoshi, I'm now a (something I couldn't quite understand/hear), my students are my genin. They are supposed to just do what I say.
Instructor: That may work for adults, we'll talk about that next time, but that isn't how you train children. They are going to have varying emotions, and it is your job to help them deal with them.
JKN: Emotion is a weakness in ninja. At most we would tell our students to detach themselves from their emotions and bury them.
Instructor: You should probably find something else to do, Martial arts instruction is not for you.
Instructor then says, he is going to mix things up from his original plan, and then launches in how to identify psychopathy in adults. Most of the students are shooting JKN looks. Good for JKN and his ego he totally doesn't notice. He sat next to the mirrors this time, and kept flexing, checking himself out, fixing his hair and adjusting his baseball cap. Since I have a psych degree I only partially paid attention during the abnormal psych bit. Instead, I spent that hour plus amusing myself timing the intervals between JKN checking himself in the mirror. Shortest interval was 4seconds, longest was 65, average was 15.
Today we were dealing with child psych aspects of being a martial arts instructor in Israel. Martial arts instructors are mandatory reporters. There are numerous psychological issues for which children may be prescribed physical activity and even specifically martial arts, and thus we become part of their treatment system. The ministry of culture and sport also sees children's martial arts instruction as part of their education, socialization and cultural indoctrination. Thus with all of that we have to care about our children students, listen to them, have empathy and strive to be good role models.
At this point John Kreese Ninja(JKN) raises his hand. I was hoping this was going to be good, and he did not disappoint. JKN said, "What if I don't want to be an empathetic role model?".
The instructor asks why he wouldn't.
JKN: "I've spent seven years to become a shidoshi, I'm now a (something I couldn't quite understand/hear), my students are my genin. They are supposed to just do what I say.
Instructor: That may work for adults, we'll talk about that next time, but that isn't how you train children. They are going to have varying emotions, and it is your job to help them deal with them.
JKN: Emotion is a weakness in ninja. At most we would tell our students to detach themselves from their emotions and bury them.
Instructor: You should probably find something else to do, Martial arts instruction is not for you.
Instructor then says, he is going to mix things up from his original plan, and then launches in how to identify psychopathy in adults. Most of the students are shooting JKN looks. Good for JKN and his ego he totally doesn't notice. He sat next to the mirrors this time, and kept flexing, checking himself out, fixing his hair and adjusting his baseball cap. Since I have a psych degree I only partially paid attention during the abnormal psych bit. Instead, I spent that hour plus amusing myself timing the intervals between JKN checking himself in the mirror. Shortest interval was 4seconds, longest was 65, average was 15.
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