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Cyrille · June 2nd, 2008, 11:02 PM

Quote: (Originally Posted by alunnewsome)

Having only joined the forum yesterday, I'm probably putting the cat amongst the pigeons, but hey, if I don't ask I'll never know...

However, within the DIR community is it a requirement to have completed GUE courses to be ‘accepted’?

I'm curious to better understand what makes a diver 'accepted' DIR.

Hi,

Let's be clear on the basics:
1. George Irvine III and Jarrod did NOT invent the Hogarthian configuration, else it would be called the "Georgarthian" or the "Jarrodian"...
2. George Irvine III is the father of the "Doing-it-right" motto, YES, that's a fact... He did not invent hot water, but he did good things with scooters.

Now back to Scuba: DIR is a holistic approach, based on a set of principles that reflect common sense and dive experience. It uses the Hogarthian configuration. It is something in the public domain...

NAUI has recently hired the former GUE training director (Andrew Georgitsis) to reshape its diving program. That's an excellent thing, because Andrew is one of the finest divers in the world.

I followed the NTEC course (NAUI Intro to Tec) a year ago, with 3 other divers. The instructor being a NAUI CD (and incidentally at the same time a GUE instructor candidate). A friend of mine who was already GUE certified (DIR-F) came out of curiosity to some of our courses.

At the end his feedback (and the one of the instructor) was that those 2 courses were nearly identical.

I dove with both GUE and NAUI DIR divers and must say that I feel at ease with both. It would be a shame to call someone a "Str*ke" because only the certification agency differs, would it not? Content is the only thing that matters. Competence is to be judged underwater (normally it is not too difficult to identify immediately a genuine DIR diver: trim, boyancy, propulsion techniques, team work, etc) and not on the web.

I hope other training agencies (TDI? CMAS?) will adopt the DIR concept as NAUI already did.

Kind regards.

Cyrille

June 2nd, 2008, 11:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cyrille (Online) New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ijsselstein, The Netherlands Posts: 125	Quote: (Originally Posted by alunnewsome) Having only joined the forum yesterday, I'm probably putting the cat amongst the pigeons, but hey, if I don't ask I'll never know... However, within the DIR community is it a requirement to have completed GUE courses to be ‘accepted’? I'm curious to better understand what makes a diver 'accepted' DIR. Hi, Let's be clear on the basics: 1. George Irvine III and Jarrod did NOT invent the Hogarthian configuration, else it would be called the "Georgarthian" or the "Jarrodian"... 2. George Irvine III is the father of the "Doing-it-right" motto, YES, that's a fact... He did not invent hot water, but he did good things with scooters. Now back to Scuba: DIR is a holistic approach, based on a set of principles that reflect common sense and dive experience. It uses the Hogarthian configuration. It is something in the public domain... NAUI has recently hired the former GUE training director (Andrew Georgitsis) to reshape its diving program. That's an excellent thing, because Andrew is one of the finest divers in the world. I followed the NTEC course (NAUI Intro to Tec) a year ago, with 3 other divers. The instructor being a NAUI CD (and incidentally at the same time a GUE instructor candidate). A friend of mine who was already GUE certified (DIR-F) came out of curiosity to some of our courses. At the end his feedback (and the one of the instructor) was that those 2 courses were nearly identical. I dove with both GUE and NAUI DIR divers and must say that I feel at ease with both. It would be a shame to call someone a "Strke" because only the certification agency differs, would it not? Content is the only thing that matters. Competence is to be judged underwater (normally it is not too difficult to identify immediately a genuine DIR diver: trim, boyancy, propulsion techniques, team work, etc) and not on the web. I hope other training agencies (TDI? CMAS?) will adopt the DIR concept as NAUI already did. Kind regards. Cyrille __________________ "Scuba diversdescend to look around themselves,* freedivers descend to look within themselves." Last edited by Cyrille; June 3rd, 2008 at 12:01 AM.