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Introduction to Verbal Aikido®
1. Verbal Aikido® Overview
Verbal Aikido: The 3 steps
Core Concepts
Results of Practice
The Verbal Dojo: Overview
VA Overview Quiz
2. Express your truth: Step 1
What to avoid
Your first move: "Backstep" with a centered "Yes"
Moving from Posture 1 to 2: Centered "No" with an Aperture
Regular and Emergency centering
Step 1 basics Quiz
3. Warming up: Verbal Stretching®
Verbal Stretching Overview
Observing Posture
Breath Stretch: Practice
Post-Stretch Feedback
Verbal Stretching basics Quiz
4. Accompanying: Step 2
Basic 2 move: Ki-no Nagare
Basic 2 move: The Funnel
The Breath Kata
Recognizing destabilization
Accompanying basics Quiz
5. Sparring: Stepping on to the Verbal Mat
Opportunities to Practice
Preparing a case
Sparring a case: Guidelines
Post-spar Feedback
Sparring basics Quiz
6. Bridging an "Us": Step 3
Basic 2 move: Open Reverso
Basic 3 move: SOS
Basic 3 move: Bright Future
The Kiosk Kata
Step 3 basics Quiz
7. Putting it all together
Reviewing concepts
Reviewing activities
Reviewing moves
Practice Demos
Introduction to VA Quiz
VA Overview Quiz
Aikido means
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The path to going with the flow
The path to convincing your enemy
The path to harmonizing energy
The path to transforming an exchange
What are the three steps
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Focus on surroundings
Focus on me
Focus on timing
Focus on you
Focus on us
Focus on gestures
Focus on interpretation
The 3 steps must be practiced in order (1, 2, 3)
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True
False
Aikido practitioners aim to achieve victory over oneself, rather than over another person
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True
False
Which step involves giving your partner the space to be understood?
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1
2
3
Which step involves creating a harmonious direction?
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1
2
3
Which step uses two other steps to propose a possible "us"?
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1
2
3
Which step enables you to get to the meaning of what someone is expressing?
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1
2
3
Which step helps you get centered when you feel tension?
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1
2
3
Which step enables you to connect with what is going on inside you?
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1
2
3
Which of the following are common results of VA training?
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Enhanced listening skills
Long-term relationship awareness
Ability to read minds
Serenity in interpersonal communication
Increased assertiveness
Personal leadership
Ability to de-escalate tense exchanges
Ability to win conversations
A "dojo" is a place where people come to train or practice
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True
False
We also practice martial Aikido in the Verbal Aikido® Dojo
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True
False
Which of the following are standard activities in the Verbal Aikido® Dojo?
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Powerpoint presentations
Debates
Verbal stretching®
Mind maps®
Centering
Verbal sparring
Verbal persuasion techniques
The intention of practicing Verbal Aikido® is to go from conflict to…
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confirmation
confrontation
compensation
conversation
consolation
VA Overview Quiz