Sitting at the Moscow airport waiting to depart after an amazing adventure with my brother Alberto Gallazzi, I received a message that our CST TACFIT instructor group had been hijacked by a group of former instructors, complaining that I didnt create the movements in my system of education and that my knowledge derived from my wrestling and martial art background. Anyone who has heard or read my words knows that I not only actively promote my background in my sport of Sambo but also acknowledge my specific coaches. Why? Because they earned it by being capable enough to teach such as difficult a student as myself! However, only God created human movement potential, so no one person or thing created a movement. We as teachers for the next generation merely create methods of communicating movement with specific intents and purposes, coaching cues, developmental steps and safety points; call this choreography rather than movement. God created sound, but we create the songs to honor the Divine. I just departed from the Holy Land for my sport, the original and most prestigious academy SAMBO-70 where I taught my TACFIT choreography to the staff. The Director announced to the audience that TACFIT has been adopted as their new secret weapon. If my teachers and theirs acknowledge what I teach as innovatively significant enough that they want to teach it along side the movements that once influenced and contributed to the creation of my choreography then Im honored enough. I certainly dont need former students to cite me as their influence. Its nice to be acknowledge as having had contributed to their livelihood and personal growth, but Its not mandatory. If my teachers have acknowledged what I teach as significant enough of an influence to consider it their new secret weapon for their own growth and livelihood, thats all the acknowledgement I could ever dream of receiving. But thats not why I teach. I teach SO others CAN duplicate the movements that they desire. If others are copying what we do - with or without citing sources - we can feel gratified that we are succeeding at our goal! Very Respectfully, Scott Sonnon, COO RMAX International facebook/ScottSonnon RMAXInternational TACFIT.tv
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 02:53:33 +0000
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