Drunken Monkey Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 not quite a training diary. when i started wing chun, i had a little homework to do. if you're familiar with the wing chun forms and how they are trained/learnt/used then this'll make more sense. anyway. what i had to do was disect the form and give a use for each movement. i.e list what was a lock what was a break what was a 'block' what was a parry wahat was a bar/shield what was an attack.... and so on. then we had to make up our own drills i.e think of a type of attack and then see/think of what we could use to receive. that kinda thing. post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47MartialMan Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 If it is written notes and deatils, what wil you call this collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Monkey Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 me? nothing really. what i write down was for my own purpose and only for that period when i needed to do it. afterwards it was disposed of but every now and then i sit and write it all down again, mainly cos it helps me remember my chinese as well. it's.....theraputic. the process here is more important than the result. it forces you to really look at the form and how to make your own 'style'. post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47MartialMan Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Just like martial arts, each has their own value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung001 Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 I had to start keeping one in the lower belt ranks. For testing, my instructor would make every belt write an essay, and these along with training note, training logs, and notes on the history of our style of TKD would have to be turned in before every test. All the way through 1st gup, where I had to add an instructors log. For 1st dan we had to have our instructor sign off on our instructor log which had to have at leeast 25 hours logged. This was 16 year ago. Recently, I have decided to pursue my 2nd dan, and will have to start the book all over again, as my original was lost many years ago. When I was younger, I didn't enjoy keeping the book updated, but many years later, I can see the value of all of that work, and wish that I still had it around. Student: "Why did you hit that guy with a chair? Why didn't you use your karate?"Master: "Hitting him with a chair was the only karate I could think of at the time."Lesson: Practice until you don't have to think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busling Posted September 26, 2004 Author Share Posted September 26, 2004 I had better start writing it out much neater then. It is a messy scrawl at the moment. Train Hard --- http://www.combatcentres.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47MartialMan Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Yeah, but imagine having to do this on a old Underwood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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