Book Recommendations Part 24: Where principles and reality combine with teaching.

Back to Rory Miller again where he offers a massive gift of how to approach principle-based teaching:

“Principles-Based INSTRUCTION For Self Defense (and maybe life)” By Rory Miller.

I truly believe that if you understand why things work you have a far better chance to make things work in the middle of chaos. 

The old give a person a fish you feed them for a day, teach them to fish feed them for life.

Teach a person a technique helps them in one situation, teach them the principles and help them in multiple situations.

It is important to apply the title when forming expectations for this book.  This is “principles-based” INSTRUCTION for SELF-DEFENSE. So yes, the book will get into principle based material but it will be focused on teaching using a principle based approach.  Also, the focus is on self defence so the first two section (about 49 pages) is devoted to Rory discussing self defence.

This book is about how to teach a person to fish – instruction; however, even if you do not instruct this book will give you a great deal.  I also think everyone who trains also teaches because we work with and help each other and that is teaching.

If you want to shift from a technique based teaching / training then this book is for you.  Remember this doesn’t mean you change “what” you teach but it may adjust “how” you teach it.

If you want to shift what you do to principle based you can use this book as well.

Another great book by Rory Miller.