How My First Aikido Instructor Misguided Me • Hard Lessons
Channel: Rokas Leonavicius
Date: 01/07/2020

Being a teacher/instructor is a huge responsibility, which unfortunately is not always taken with the right care and attitude. In this video I share how my first Aikido instructor influenced me when I was 14-18 years old and how his lack of critical thinking and other actions had a negative influence in my development over the long time.

Listen to the audio podcast version here: https://anchor.fm/the-questioning-podcast/episodes/11---How-My-First-Aikido-Instructor-Misguided-Me--Hard-Lessons-eg5tf6

In the Lessons Learned The Hard Way series I share my most interesting and crazy stories how through my devotion to fulfill my goals and constant efforts to become better I tried, failed, succeeded and learned my lessons through experience.

00:00 Intro
02:16 Why I initially fell in love with Aikido
05:42 How I blindly believed in my instructor
08:58 Challenges the Dojo was facing
12:04 The false promise of perfection
17:09 The impact of lack of critical thinking in a teacher
22:25 Should the student be blamed?
24:30 How this fueled my resentment toward Aikido
30:06 The disaster of blaming the student
38:19 The difficult process of questioning a father figure
46:38 Experiencing physical injuries due to bad guidance
51:19 Summary

Liked the story how Dragon Ball Z both inspired and made me overtrain? Check out this episode of Lessons Learned The Hard Way of how the character of Batman literally changed my life: https://youtu.be/ILhsZQuzMkE

Watch the first episode of Life Lessons I've Learned The Hard Way here: https://youtu.be/CLTeFNB0Br4

Get to know how I used to be a spiritual teacher and how I eventually realized that spiritual teachers are full of s**t here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRjmP64W1uY

And also how after teaching Yoga for nearly ten years I came to realize that it has many blind spots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kivsGL6vkYA

Watch the previous episode on what I discovered Enlightenment to really be here: https://youtu.be/9MBa0Bi5Pa8

Find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpYu1wrhxbcwoyQzGtj_Y_GZ0r5ONoMQO

Check out this video conversation where we discuss about Yoga myths and science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp1cnmLGbuI

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