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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 381577" data-attributes="member: 812">Wolvorine, all I can say is that the only appropriate response to crap teacher is to bow and walk away. Showing people up doesn't help anyone, least of all yourself.It's great that your ability is naturally high and that you're able to help so many students, but honestly, dojo ettiquette exists for really good reasons. As a yellow belt it's not really your place to interfere with the sensei. If you really disagree with what they are teaching (and certainly that happens all the time -- there's no shortage of crap teachers out there) then just leave. In the long run it will save you a lot of trouble.I didn't see the form being practiced but over and over again I've been shown forms that looked utterly ridiculous to me, only to find out that they actually make perfect sense. I've found it much more rewarding to always assume I don't understand what I'm seeing when I don't understand what I'm seeing. Rather than assume I'm seeing something being done incorrectly. Then I get taught the ideas behind the movement and as I say, very often I realise I was working from incorrect assumptions.And almost always the only way to find out is to try doing it sensei's way. Asking questions almost never provides me with useful information.I want to add that when people tell me how they are really good at something, I tend to wonder why. I wonder why they need to describe themselves that way. When people tell stories about how they were smarter than someone else, or tougher, or stronger -- I wonder what it is that is prompting them to share that with me. What it is that they are so concerned with getting me to believe.The best textbooks are all about utilizing. If you think you can use a form more effectively than the "textbook" method, either you need a new textbook or you're ready to found your own style. Or you're wrong, and in fact if you did it "textbook" you'd be more effective.EDIT: missed "say" in the first sentence.</blockquote>

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