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- From: robinson@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson)
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- Subject: Re: body memory
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 00:39:43 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.082426.23751@siemens.co.at> <1992Dec22.095136.10288@siemens.co.at>
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- In article <1992Dec22.095136.10288@siemens.co.at> ek@patty.gud.siemens.co.at (Ernst Krudl) writes:
- >When learning Taiji beginners often state: I cannot remember, meaning
- >they cannot remember in their (visual) mind, and are not aware of the
- >body sense learning ability.
- >So that was one part of the question, how to explain to the student, if he
- >asks how he remembers.
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- This is similar to students who try to think the moves instead of feel
- them (without success, of course).
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- I usually tell students the centipede story:
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- "One day someone asked the Centipede how he knew which foot to move first.
- He never walked again."
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