One massive step to learning karate fast. In martial arts, we are all about the mind-body connection. I have a saying I use in my dojo, “Control the mind, control the body, control the body control the mind.” as an example of the desire of remaining linked, of being unified as best one can.
We do our best, we become separated of mind and body and then we reunify. It is a process. As karate-ka we are also information, no check that, wisdom seekers. And when we find a golden nugget of wisdom, we should do our best to keep it.
With the martial arts world at our fingertips on the Web. It’s important to have a method of understanding what we are seeing, and taking an important first step to integrating the wisdom into our path.
Best Learning is Done with Handwritten Notes
It a world that appears to be flying through space at the rate of a Six Flags amusement park roller coaster Hand written note take control of the ride. Taking handwritten notes is a major leap in retention and integration.
A Couple of Points
When you handwrite a note, you have to think about it. “Of course,” you say. But there is something else happening here as well. You can’t write the note verbatim; you must condense, change, and place in your thoughts the idea you just saw in your own words.
When you grab your notebook and write, you have to slow down. Slower means more information sticks. “Go slow to learn fast.” Another one of those maxims that carry a lot of water.
I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on T.V. But I am willing to venture a guess on what is happening. When you are using your body to remember something you are getting a higher level of retention. It’s one massive step to learning karate fast. Than mind body connection again.
Every book I have written started with paper and pencil. My work agenda is kept in a notebook. I have file cards that are used to capture ideas and then sorted for later use.
Lawrence Kane and I developed a notebook for martial artists. Here is a 1-minute video explaining the design and use of our notebook:
It is a non-negotiable idea in my mind because I have found the results to get me what I want and what I need. Handwritten notes are superior to other methods.
Here is the Amazon link to Journey
This is my recommendation. Start taking handwritten notes. If you want to use the notebook we have made, go ahead and get it. If you are using another form of a notebook, fantastic. Continue. The goal is to capture important information. To not let the lesson fade like the lights at the dojo after the training.
Try the hand written note method, refine it and experience the positive result. You’re going to be grinning to yourself how well this method works.
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KRIS WILDER
Kris Wilder is a martial artist based in Seattle Washington. He has authored many martial art books, including the classic, The Way of Kata. Making no apologies for his obsession of Football he can be found telling any who will listen about the nuances of the Canadian Football League.