1). What concept/s in this class have you found most interesting? What was it about the concept/s that you found interesting?
The most interesting topic I found in this class was nonverbal behavior. Through reading through some excellent journals I realize that nonverbal behavior can also be the most noticeable.
Today I had my final in Tae Kwon Do at San Jose State. We had to perform skits that we wrote in groups, and enact them for the class. Some groups did serious ones while others made up parodies while incorporating moves and techniques we have learned. One group in particular brought to mind the subject of nonverbal behavior.
Their skit had no lines or dialogue except their kihap, or yell they made, when they would strike. Their leader would direct them with short, one-syllable Korean words. The confidence and discipline this team leader showed told so much more about himself than words could have. His focus, precision, and discipline in those four minutes showed hours upon hours of training he had done in the past.
All of this one could gather from just observing his movements. All of this could be seen from his nonverbal behavior.
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Putting on a skit sounds like loads of fun! What did your group do for their skit? I'm taking the self-defense class this spring semester for a required unit of P.E., so I hope our final ends up being as cool!:)
ReplyDeleteNonverbal communication is very interesting, I agree. It's how we communicate the most and we are not even verbally speaking. It's amazing how much we can communicate to another, and sometimes without even realizing what message we are sending. Sometimes people can interpret our nonverbal signals wrong, due to cultural difference... but now that is a whole other topic there. Good post!
1986dman,
ReplyDeleteOur skit was fun! There was 8 of us so we had 2 good guys getting robbed by six bad guys. We divided into two groups and fought with the victors being the good guys. Good luck next semester, I'm sure it will be a blast!