tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post4015277248055988372..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: LectureRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-39467183329536194872012-06-15T08:41:18.111-07:002012-06-15T08:41:18.111-07:00That last anon comment was me, about language and ...That last anon comment was me, about language and the Sapir-Whorff hypothesis. Stupid blogger interface wouldn't log me in.Kai Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319136737099550784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-78569631215655724212012-06-15T08:40:08.047-07:002012-06-15T08:40:08.047-07:00Interesting to play with the idea of words versus ...Interesting to play with the idea of words versus movement. Can something be communicated in movement that we don't have words for? Can you express everything in movement that you can in words? The Sapir-Whorff hypothesis posits that the kind of language we use shapes and limits/defines the things we can communicate--because if you can't express it in the language, you can't communicate it, maybe you can't even *think* it if you don't have the language for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-90316470961065420092012-06-12T15:48:06.944-07:002012-06-12T15:48:06.944-07:00I'll have to remember this post when my studen...I'll have to remember this post when my students say that I talk too much. (I wonder if they are listening to the words or just waiting for me to finish so they can go back to working out?) <br /><br />The difference between animals and humans is the words, and our wonderful habit of recording our time here, our thoughts and advice or others and future generations. In the grand scheme of things this is an evolution of progress from the monkey to the mind. It takes the first monkey to start pointing it out to the others. Then, they all begin to describe it. When the description holds long enough it becomes a step in progress. <br /><br />I think that is where we are, and will be for a while. Its nice to think that maybe we can see some of that coming. I wonder if monkeys of old knew things that we now take for granted as common knowledge, and considered them groundbreaking. But,just didn't have enough time to talk about them for it to matter in their time. I see this in some older teachers. <br /><br />I think words are really the hard part, not physical stuff. Once you have words, then you have a way to think about the concepts. The physical makes more sense, becomes more useful. Like being a monkey that understands the physics of getting an ant out of a tree trunk. It is a life skill, but it can only share that among others for that one single purpose. We're not supposed to be that limited at this stage of our development. :) <br /><br />-Billy G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-34123317234564382522012-06-11T16:09:27.282-07:002012-06-11T16:09:27.282-07:00Was the waitress in fact pretty?Was the waitress in fact pretty?Chesternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-33056396612285724312012-06-11T08:36:05.621-07:002012-06-11T08:36:05.621-07:00Words work well for me as a teaching tool. Not su...Words work well for me as a teaching tool. Not sure why. Physical works too, but I'm always surprised what I can learn from words alone. Maybe it's the relation of the words to my experiences? Like, I hear exactly what I need to hear at exactly the right time?<br /><br />But as you've said in a previous post, different people need different things.Dan Stenninghttp://londonbjj.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-62455274293952384162012-06-11T02:07:10.986-07:002012-06-11T02:07:10.986-07:00A) Your voice stood up to sixteen hours of lecturi...A) Your voice stood up to sixteen hours of lecturing? Fair play.<br /><br />B) Maybe consider recording future lectures, I know the DVD is really good but recorded lectures could be valuable/profitable.ushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994880290682529074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-27098462804388633622012-06-10T21:53:06.411-07:002012-06-10T21:53:06.411-07:00It is the ideas and principles that make what you ...It is the ideas and principles that make what you do a revelation. An untrained monkey can physicaly defenend itself, can a more effecient animal deescalate out of having to go physical.<br /><br />Who new? You do, or what is the point of confilct communication.<br />;-)<br />Words might not always work, but they can add context to physical skills already learned.<br /><br />Your love of rolling, might clouding your judgment this.<br />:-)Josh Kruschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288700371539530398noreply@blogger.com