"Can you teach me <something>"?

[Xucphra]

Whenever someone asks me to teach them about single or anything we have detailed on the site, my first question is always "Did you read the curriculum?"

I want to open up and start explaining things, but often I have no idea where to begin. If they haven't read the curriculum, should I really just start trying to explain things word for word, or just send them away and tell them to read up on it? The latter sounds pretty bad.

I mean if someone runs up and asks you to teach them, say, single saber, but they don't have any idea where to begin, what should I do? If they don't understand anything about single, you can always start from the top, but others already have a good idea of how to to swing combos and some can even poke and wiggle.

The subject is just so broad, I have to ask... if you don't know where to start, how do you begin teaching?

[lemonLime]

I always preface any teaching with a few duels to assess what they know already. At that point I would say spend a short time with them explaining the basic idea of the lesson that they should be on (make sure not to skip ahead, you dont want a student who cant do a 2 swing combo trying to poke), but also make them aware that the web curriculum has detailed explanations and videos to help. Also tell them it will be much easier for you to help them if they read the curriculum and try to do it on their own first.

I hope thats what you were asking

LL

[lemonLime]

And its always better to err on the side of reteaching them something they may already understand, instead of skipping something that they may not understand.