If Krishnamacharya was giving giving Saraswati a teaching certificate based on an examination of the Vinyasa count in 1975 it suggests that Krishnamacharya continued to see this as a relevant approach to practice and that he was supportive of Pattabhi Jois' teaching methodology.
After a little digging it turned out that Pattabhi Jois' wife Amma, his first 'student', had also been given certification by Krishnamacharya, a pattern emerges. Had Manju also been to visit Krishnamacharya to receive certification I wonder, and was that why Pattabhi Jois had taken one or more of his early Western students along to Krishnamacharya, in the hope of them being offered certification or was that perhaps the interpretation Krishnamacharya had come to (whether correctly or incorrectly) and why he appeared to snub Pattabhi Jois and the students. Had Krishnamacharya considered it inappropriate, was it after this that Pattabhi Jois began to offer certification himself?
Here's the certification mentioned by Saraswati in the interview as well as the link.
“In 1975, my father taught me to teach. I also took examinations with my father's guru Krishnamacharya, and received a certificate. When my family first went to America, I stayed home and cooked”.
http://www.yogacitynyc.com/articles/WeeklyDetails/255
And here's mention of Amma's teaching certificate from Krishnamacharya as mentioned on the KPJAYI website.
And here's mention of Amma's teaching certificate from Krishnamacharya as mentioned on the KPJAYI website.
“Amma was Guruji’s first Yoga student, and, according to him, she learned up through the advanced series very well. Krishnamacharya himself once tested her on the specific vinyasas of the asanas, calling out the numbers, which she had then to demonstrate quickly. Very pleased with her performance, he gave her a teaching certificate”
"They had three children – Manju, Saraswathi and Ramesh – each who became great yoga teachers themselves. Amma was Guruji’s first yoga student, and was also given a teaching certificate by Krishnamacharya".
http://kpjayi.org/biographies/k-pattabhi-jois
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I'd asked Ramaswami once about the vinyasa's to and from an asana and he said that even though in Vinyasa Krama one might move form one asana directly into the next variation of the asna, leading inot another asana in a series or rather subroutine, the vinyasa cound was always implied, suggesting that one could still take any asana and begin and end at standing.
If Krishnamacharya was giving giving Saraswati a teaching certificate based on an examination of the Vinyasa count in 1975 it suggests that Krishnamacharya continued to see this as a relevant approach to practice and that he was supportive of Pattabhi Jois' teaching methodology.
Although he may perhaps have disagreed with the extent to which Pattabhi Jois was teaching non Indians.
As suspected, both the early and latter teaching methodologies seem to be constant with each other and no doubt complimentary.
Here's then a link to an earlier post
One approach to learning the Ashtanga Sanskrit Vinyasa Count..... Sanskrit Numbers and Vinyasa chart with states of asana indicated plus 'meaning of asana'
But it gets better, I found a barely viewed video ( or rather audio attached to a slideshow) of a workshop conference Saraswati gave in Kuala Lumpa where she again mentions the certification. later she's asked about the examination, remember this was in 1975 when Krishnamacharya was teaching Vinyasa Krama to Ramaswamni, Desikachar... Mohan. Saraswati mentions that the examination Krishnamacharya gave her was based on the names of the asana as well as, get this, the vinyasa's to and from them. Krishnamacharya supposedly asked her to do Navasana say and then asked her the number of vinyasas and which vinyasa she was in at the time etc. Here's the video I'll see about transcribing the relevant parts in the next couple of days but there are two mentions in the first fifteen minutes.
If Krishnamacharya was giving giving Saraswati a teaching certificate based on an examination of the Vinyasa count in 1975 it suggests that Krishnamacharya continued to see this as a relevant approach to practice and that he was supportive of Pattabhi Jois' teaching methodology.
Although he may perhaps have disagreed with the extent to which Pattabhi Jois was teaching non Indians.
As suspected, both the early and latter teaching methodologies seem to be constant with each other and no doubt complimentary.
Here's then a link to an earlier post
One approach to learning the Ashtanga Sanskrit Vinyasa Count..... Sanskrit Numbers and Vinyasa chart with states of asana indicated plus 'meaning of asana'