How many of you take notes?

[swan104]

I've started writing down important things I learn during class and training. I don't do it after every class, but if I feel I am going to forget something, then I'll write it down.

The problem is it's difficult to put onto paper what you learn.

How many other people do this?

[Szczepankiewicz]

I take notes 'all the time' but only on things that are appropriate.

I take the notes on the core concepts and 'teach' myself to perform the technique, or outline the theory to refer back to.

It is required in our school to have notes on all theories prior to being eligable to testing for black.

To get a menkyo you must have notes on every subject.

The flip side is those who take copius notes and end up confusing themselves or misinterpreting later on.

I am still trying to come up with a good notetaking system.

When I train in Judo or BJJ I don't take notes as most techniques are drilled to death. Only when you try to understand the deeper context or simply the nomenclature would I worry about notes in these subjects.

[Toudiyama]

Sometimes trying to discribe someting just doesn't work you need picture with it, heres were the computer comes in handy
Make a couple of drawings of figures doing some general techniques, with the comp you can easely alter them, flip the figures etc. now you can make pictures of some pre-artanged sparring, arrow for directions, question marks for things not shure (so you can ask the next training) and so on
Having this huge spunge in my head is the reason I rarely took notes
there's only one thing, usually when you can take notes during practice, one notes other things then when at home contemplating about it so if you can do both than that would be perfect

[swan104]

At the moment, all my notes are stored on my PC. There are only 6 or so pages so far, and it's completely disjointed (it looks less organised than the Tao of JKD, but they weren't really written for the general public). I may sort it out one day when I have enough content.

I've also started copying and pasting any information I find from this forum as well. Its a cost-effective way of gathering information!

[terry]

I try to take notes. At first I had a notebook. Then that grew into several notebooks. Finall I started just using a computer because I can type pretty quickly.

I think getting organized about taking notes helps if you are going to teach. If you're a fighter, you may not have to do it unless you are in a remote location where access to your teacher is limited.

I also experimented with putting notes down in video format after working out in environments where videotaping wasn't allowed. One woman, I remember, got the wrong idea and got really offended when she saw three strong young men heading into a hotel room with video equipment. And then I made it worse when I shrugged and told her, "We're just gonna go throw each other around."

[aseepish]

I`ve been taking notes since I started my JKD classes 5 years ago. When I started, I was writing everything down - what we did for a warm up, which combinations and drills we did, things I was able to pull off in sparring, and things I needed to work on. I took notes from my videos, magazine articles, from seminars (Guro Dan`s are so full of info my 5 or 6 pages of notes from 2 days are woefully incomplete), and from stuff I saw on the web.

As I progressed, my notes got simpler, and I developed my own kind of short-hand. Now I just jot down two or three ideas from each class.

I was lucky I started with loose-leaf pages, so now I can store everything in one big binder. That also makes it easier to edit and re-write my stuff later. In Singapore I would go to the bar after my Wing Chun class and write down notes on the back of coasters, request cards, random slips of paper. So I was constantly re-writing. My big project is to refine everything and to type it up. I`ve got my binder with me, but finding the time is another problem

I think of my notes as a resource for when (if) I start teaching. I can see the progression of how I was taught, and then I can tailor that to what I think is important, or what my students` need.

[crazyjoe380]

people take notes??

your joking right? i think that all you need is repetition.
come on son, taking notes? i'll take a shit on people's notes..


that's funny.. science and math added to the punch =

[Hulk]

lol.

i used to take notes from the internet.. by sketching stick figures etc etc and label it... cos i dont wanna re-read

[Toudiyama]

Originally posted by crazyjoe380
people take notes??

your joking right? i think that all you need is repetition.
come on son, taking notes? i'll take a shit on people's notes..


that's funny.. science and math added to the punch =

Not all of us are so lucky to have school/club where you can train every day, taking notes makes it possible to do the repititions at home

donno about math but science is just a part of MA, understand the science behind it and learn a system quick, ANY system quick
Why use the hip, why first disturb the balance,why rotate the fist or why not all valid questions which can't be answered just by saying because it's the way I was taught or because it it better without giving proof (maybe in a McDojo)
Rotation of the fist is a perfect example, because both camps would be able to show you fysicaly that their way is hitting harder so that leaves the science to proof who's telling the thruth

For competition based arts like MT boxing BJJ there is no real need to take notes appart from maybe a diary and some notes on how someone managed to get you into a submission in a weird way

[crazyjoe380]

^^^

lol

*grabs pen and paper*


wait, let me draw what you just did.. lol

step by step in stick figures.

[platinum_angel]

i'm with crazyjoe why take notes just buy a book. focus on memorizing things instead of writing it down like a monkey

You'd be amazed at what you lose from a class if you do not take notes. And referring to the book isn't relevant.

Notes are a method of emphasisng what technical details are most relevant for YOU, and no one else.

[darrianation]

I agree with taking notes. Why not? We go to school we take notes in all our classes at least the ones we want to do well in. you want to do well in MA don't you? I played football in school I took notes after practice, and especially after watching game films. So sports is a appropriate place for notes too.

I always took notes in MT and the three times I went to Thailand to train I wrote two large note books full of notes each time hell I could publish a book from them. I would ask some of the fighters and coaches questions and I wrote down all their answers. If I had to rely on my memory I would only remember a small portion. With my notes I can remember everything.

Taking notes and reading them helps embed the knowledge and helps with memory recall. Never be embarrassed to take notes. I take notes when I watch boxers on TV, or MT matches on video. I would definitely take notes after a MA class.

[aseepish]

Originally posted by platinum_angel
i'm with crazyjoe why take notes just buy a book. focus on memorizing things instead of writing it down like a monkey

A thousand monkeys taking notes from a thousand martial arts classes will eventually come up with Tao of Jeet Kune Do. Or Hamlet. Or something.

[ceasarx]

I think takeing notes is a good idea and I still look over the notes I had written several years ago and compare them to my more current ones. I notice a change in my understanding of what I had learned and I have a few notes about questions that have still not been answered.