Visiting the instructor's home | ||
Written by Rachel | ||
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The
training hall
When we rent out a training hall we start each night by cleaning the hall.
Throughout the night we ensure that the hall is treated with care and
respect.
We take responsibility for our
behaviour and the
conduct of the students.
Your instructor's home
Visiting your instructor's home is somewhat
trickier than attending a church hall.
This is where your instructor lives. Can you appreciate the significance of this fact?
If you are clumsy, careless or stupid in their home...
it's pretty rude isn't it?
Good manners have much to do with emotions.
To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.
(Amy Vanderbilt)
Don't park in the back lane
At the risk of stating the obvious, residents want to park outside their
house. So please don't take their parking spot. Antagonising our neighbours
doesn't do us any favours.
Don't talk loudly in the back lane
Since we're teaching from home, we need to be discreet. If students are
loudly talking when coming to our home or leaving it, this attracts unwanted
attention.
Please show some consideration.
Don't make yourself too comfortable
In the West people are encouraged to 'make themselves at home' when
visiting somebody else's house. This is not the case in Asia. Always
remember to respect the other person's home...
Common sense
In Asia, no one wants to look rude when visiting somebody's house.
Here are some tips:
Don't touch anything that doesn't belong to you
- be careful not to knock things off/over
- never pick anything up
- watch where you swing your bag
Do not wear your shoes
in our house
Bow to Sifu as soon as you see him
Ask where to put your coat/bag
- if you know where to put them, just do so
If you want to use
the toilet, just go
- remember to leave the toilet in a clean condition so that somebody
else can use it
Don't open a closed
door (unless it is the bathroom)
- if you don't know if the bathroom is vacant, knock gently and ask
It is
just common sense really.
Shoe sense
The Asian/hygienic habit of removing shoes isn't all that weird in
our sanitizer/pandemic climate. Filthy shoes trail dog dirt and other
rubbish indoors, where we live.
Shoe removal is easy
Asian children can learn how to do this, so I'm sure that you can
too:
Step up to the outside door
Undo your laces
Step out of your shoes and onto the mat
Turn around and pick up your shoes
Put your shoes in the utility room
When leaving the house, just reverse the process:
Pick up your shoes
Stand on the mat in stocking feet
Place your shoes outside in the yard
Step into your shoes
Tie your shoelaces
If you are struggling to remember/do this, please note
that Sifu Waller is prepared to demonstrate the correct method. Please be
considerate and respect our home.
Careful, as if crossing a frozen river.
Alert, as if aware of danger.
Respectful, like a guest.
Yielding, like melting ice.
Simple, like a valley.
Be still, and allow the mud to settle.
Remain still, until it is time to act.
(Lao Tzu)
Page created 28 September 2008
Last updated
3
April 2019
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