Hi wagalagaland
It's a good idea to get your boarding skills up, it will help a lot once you get decent kite control on an inflatable Kite.
As an experienced instructor I always found it quite challenging to teach students coming from a trainer kite background to adapt to flying a ''depowerable'' inflatable kite.
This video will give you a brief summary of the adaptations you will have to make.
It's a good attitude to try to prepare yourself as best you can for the lessons.Quality video tutorials will speed up your progression the most at the early stages.
Christian