TEACHING ON THE MAT Part two

 DEALING WITH UNWANTED “HELP” Written by Ania Small In the first part of this article, I defined teaching on the mat, or “helping”, as offering verbal or non-verbal suggestions to a training partner, when you are not a teacher of the class, and when you are not asked...
TEACHING ON THE MAT part one

TEACHING ON THE MAT part one

UNWANTED “HELP” ON THE MAT PART ONE By Ania Small As a woman training a martial art, I’ve been on the receiving end of teaching, or what I will also call here “helping” on the mat, many times. I will define it as offering verbal or non-verbal suggestions...