人生は落とし穴だらけだ。歩けば落ちる。しかし落ちた分だけ人間は成長し、次の道を歩く力を得る。実はそれをどこかで知っている我々は人の挑戦を見ると勇気づけられたり、応援したくなってしまう。しかしこと身内となると、失敗しないようにと助言をしてしまう。それも愛かもしれないが、力をつけるチャンスを奪っているアドバイスは多い。
先日先輩の看護師と教育とはなにか、という話をした。確かに、教育学という学術分野が発達し現代はこんなに便利なよのなかなのに、教育はとても難しく、教育が成功していると（こと日本に関して）感じられることは私は少ない。ゆとり教育や詰め込み教育、いろいろな教育を揶揄する言葉の中で我々は育ったが、どちらでも優秀な人は育っているし、どちらでも没落していく人もいる。そもそも優秀が良くて没落が悪いという価値観さえ共有できない昨今で統一された教育が成立するわけもないわけだが。
学生時代に教育学の先生のおっしゃったことを思い出す。生徒はなにで育つか、その先生は「まなざし」で育つと言われた。私はそれを今でも忘れない。眼差しをあたえること、みていてあげること、それを感じて生徒は育つのだと信じている。そして、みられている私も育てられている。
１合気体操
２足捌き
３正面打ち
４受け身
５正面打ち入り身投げストレッチ
６正面打ち一教表裏
７逆半身片手取り二教表裏
８両手取り天地投げ
９肩取り三教表裏
１０肩取り面打ち四方投げ
１１逆半身片手取り外回転投げ
来週に三級昇級試験を控えたメンバーがおられるので、三級の技を取り上げた。師範が何を意図として、この技をやるのか考えながら一つ一つ丁寧に技ができればいいと思う。受けも取りも両方が練習だ。初級者であればあるほど、正しい動きの受けで練習することが大切だ。
Life is full of pitfalls. If you walk, you will fall. Yet each time we fall, we grow, and we gain the strength to walk the next stretch of the path. Somewhere, we all know this, which is why watching others take on challenges encourages us and makes us want to cheer them on. However, when it comes to those close to us, we often give advice so that they will not fail. That, too, may be love—but much advice actually deprives people of the chance to develop their own strength.
Recently, I spoke with a senior nurse about what education really is. Despite the development of pedagogy as an academic discipline and despite how convenient modern society has become, education remains extremely difficult. Personally, I rarely feel that education is truly succeeding—at least in Japan. We grew up hearing critical labels such as “relaxed education” or “cram education,” yet capable people emerge under either system, and people also falter under either system. In today’s world, we cannot even agree on the value judgment that being “successful” is good and “falling behind” is bad. Under such circumstances, it is hardly surprising that a unified approach to education cannot take hold.
I recall something a professor of education once said when I was a student. When asked what nurtures students, the answer was, “the gaze.” I have never forgotten that. Offering one’s gaze—truly watching and paying attention—is what nurtures students, or so I believe. And at the same time, being watched, I too am nurtured.
Regular practice
- Aiki exercises
- Footwork
- Shomen-uchi
- Ukemi
- Shomen-uchi irimi-nage stretch
- Shomen-uchi ikkyo, omote and ura
- Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori nikyo, omote and ura
- Ryote-dori tenchi-nage
- Kata-dori sankyo, omote and ura
- Kata-dori men-uchi shihonage
- Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori soto-kaiten-nage
With a member preparing for the 3rd kyu promotion examination next week, we focused on techniques required for that level. I hope each technique can be practiced carefully, while thinking about what intention the instructor had in including it. Both uke and tori are training; practice requires both. The more beginner one is, the more important it becomes to train with correct movement as uke.
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