So I remember the time that I taught someone a new skill and it was basically when I was back at home in my country, Colombia, Cali, is my city. It’s a very, very poor city and everyone is always very active and productive. So the person that I thought this skill was my friend, Diana. She was from the same city, but she was just having some issues trying to improve on a new technique. So, Judo is a contact sport and she was, she’s a woman so it was a little bit tough for her to move a man and the dodger, which is the place that we practice and keep trying new techniques. It was full of men. So I tell her the Diashibarai movement. Diashibarai is a word in Japanese to describe a movement, but I’m not really sure what it means because I don’t speak Japanese fluently. Some take maybe. And it took me at least one week because also she was having a lot of questions about some techniques to have fight in on the floor with the opponent. So basically you can fight standing up or like just crawling on the floor with your opponent. So after all these week, all these rough weeks with her, I felt like an ex-expert and I wasn’t blue black belt but I felt like one because it was very tough and she had a lot of questions and she was a little bit like not having the best position like neuromuscular, neuromuscular Speaking she was not the best so she didn’t pull in her body properly. It was a little bit complicated at the beginning
Band 7+: Describe a time you taught someone a new skill. You should say: - What skill you taught - Who you taught it to - How long it took And explain how you felt about the experience.
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So I remember the time that I taught someone a new skill, and it was when I was back at home in my country, Colombia. Cali is my city. It's a very poor city, and everyone is always very active and productive. The person I taught this skill to was my friend, Diana. She was from the same city, but she was having some issues trying to improve on a new technique. Judo is a contact sport, and she was a woman, so it was a little tough for her to move a man. The dojo, which is the place where we practice and try new techniques, was full of men. I taught her the Diashibarai movement. Diashibarai is a word in Japanese to describe a movement, but I'm not really sure what it means because I don't speak Japanese fluently. It took me at least one week because she had a lot of questions about some techniques for fighting on the floor with the opponent. You can fight standing up or crawling on the floor with your opponent. After all these weeks, I felt like an expert, and I wasn't a black belt, but I felt like one because it was very tough. She had a lot of questions, and she wasn't in the best position, neuromuscularly speaking. She didn't pull her body properly, so it was a little complicated at the beginning.
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