by jclayton » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:52 am
Out of curiosity this was from March 2008 . He never answered any questions about Joyce and from a couple fo his comments I wonder about any genuine knowledge of the book . It is one of those books that carry kudos if you say you have read it and many have just read reviews .
Re: bloomsday
Sent: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:55 am
From: leopold bloom
To: jclayton
Hello jclayton,
No offense taken. I missed your post in the thread until tonight.
I am not in the inner circle of PMTS. My skiing background is not noteworthy.
About 12 or 13 years ago, I took a lesson from a professional instructor that taught me what was essentially the PMTS technique. I think this predates the publication of the Harb books, so I don't know where he got his ideas. But as we all know, Harald Harb didn't invent the technique in and of itself--just an amazingly rigorous and effective method of teaching it!
Circumstances never allowed me to take another lesson from this instructor, so until rather recently, I have been working on my skiing alone. I did attend a couple of instructional ski camps during this period but found no value there.
I stumbled on PMTS through the Internet and borrowed the books from the local library. It was quite a revelation to discover a whole system based on the ideas that I had been working with. I felt like I had been delivered out of the wilderness!
My knowledge of the system is based on the books, which I now own and my own experience. I developed many of the same ideas through persistent experimentation and observation. For example, I have been doing an exercise very similar to the phantom move for many years. I was well aware of the concepts behind the two footed release, the float, vertical separation, fore and aft balance etc. before I encountered PMTS but lacked the formal system of communicating these ideas that is found in the Harb books.
Having said this, I cannot understate the value of PMTS and how much it has helped me improve my skiing. I stumbled on the forum and thought that it would be interesting to enter the discussion.
- Leoleopold bloom
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Quote leopold bloom Re: bloomsday
Sent: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:55 am
by leopold bloom
Hello jclayton,
No offense taken. I missed your post in the thread until tonight.
I am not in the inner circle of PMTS. My skiing background is not noteworthy.
About 12 or 13 years ago, I took a lesson from a professional instructor that taught me what was essentially the PMTS technique. I think this predates the publication of the Harb books, so I don't know where he got his ideas. But as we all know, Harald Harb didn't invent the technique in and of itself--just an amazingly rigorous and effective method of teaching it!
Circumstances never allowed me to take another lesson from this instructor, so until rather recently, I have been working on my skiing alone. I did attend a couple of instructional ski camps during this period but found no value there.
I stumbled on PMTS through the Internet and borrowed the books from the local library. It was quite a revelation to discover a whole system based on the ideas that I had been working with. I felt like I had been delivered out of the wilderness!
My knowledge of the system is based on the books, which I now own and my own experience. I developed many of the same ideas through persistent experimentation and observation. For example, I have been doing an exercise very similar to the phantom move for many years. I was well aware of the concepts behind the two footed release, the float, vertical separation, fore and aft balance etc. before I encountered PMTS but lacked the formal system of communicating these ideas that is found in the Harb books.
Having said this, I cannot understate the value of PMTS and how much it has helped me improve my skiing. I stumbled on the forum and thought that it would be interesting to enter the discussion.
- Leo
Quote jclayton bloomsday
Sent: Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:03 pm
by jclayton
Hi Leo ,
just to say that I wasn't calling you out or anything , I was too lazy to send a private message . I appreciate your posts and was just a bit curious as to your history . I have a few mates in Dublin and hope to get over there for a Bloomsday so I can relive the pages of one of my favourite books .
Cheers
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