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Listen

Expect to listen. Listen with your ears, your eyes, and most importantly, with your body. Hear what the teacher tells you and follow instructions. Listen with your eyes as the teacher demonstrates the techniques. Listen with your body by making subtle movements that mimic the movement being demonstrated.

Minimal Social Conversation

Stay focused on why you have decided to become involved in aikido. The social contacts and friends you make will be important to you for the rest of your life. There is time outside the school to cultivate these relationships. While in class, keep your social conversation to a minimum. Some schools prohibit social conversation during practice. You are here to train, not socialize. Minimize your talk and maximize your training. You will find it worthwhile.

Follow Instructions

Follow instructions to the best of your ability. What you are told to do will sound easy. What is demonstrated to you will look easy. Following instructions will make it easier for you, but remember, as a beginner in your first class, you are not expected to get it right. You are just expected to do your best. There are many subtleties in aikido. Many times, you will think you are doing exactly what you have seen the teacher demonstrate, and yet it doesn't seem to work. Following instructions will allow you to adjust your technique ever so slightly and discover that it works.