Remembering forms

[merkury]

Repetition.

I went crazy with repetition, to the point where I'd be doing them in my head at work, scribbling the moves down on napkins, or typing them up and reading the movements through just to make sure every last movement was correct. Of course, I really went crazy with these memory practices right before my 1st dan test, in which random hyungs from all previous belt levels are called out and performed on the spot.

[MasterH]

Repetition.

I went crazy with repetition, to the point where I'd be doing them in my head at work, scribbling the moves down on napkins, or typing them up and reading the movements through just to make sure every last movement was correct. Of course, I really went crazy with these memory practices right before my 1st dan test, in which random hyungs from all previous belt levels are called out and performed on the spot.

Merkury,

What school do you attend and who's your instructor? I study at Grand Master Jack Pierce's in Lynnwood.

[merkury]

Repetition.

I went crazy with repetition, to the point where I'd be doing them in my head at work, scribbling the moves down on napkins, or typing them up and reading the movements through just to make sure every last movement was correct. Of course, I really went crazy with these memory practices right before my 1st dan test, in which random hyungs from all previous belt levels are called out and performed on the spot.

Merkury,

What school do you attend and who's your instructor? I study at Grand Master Jack Pierce's in Lynnwood.

As of this moment, I am lacking a school. I trained in TKD in Idaho Falls, ID under Jen Backstrom, a student of Ron LeBlanc (7th dan), who himself was a student of Master Kim of the Chung Do Kwan Alliance.

I moved to Seattle a few years ago and have attended a few classes from other schools (karate), but nothing felt quite right so I never committed. However, I was recently accepted into UW's electrical engineering program, and will most likely be taking shotokan (t/th) and judo (m/w) on campus starting in October.

Do you instruct at your facility? What evenings do you attend classes? Would be interesting to drop by and check it out.

[aefibird]

Try using a training journal to record down what you've done in class. Take it to class and fill it in straight away if you think that you'll have forgotten by the time you get home.

Get a higher grade or your instructor to check it over once in a while too - make sure that what you're writing down is correct!

You could always ask them to write or draw out the form for you in your journal, that way you'd have a list or images to help you practise at home.

Finally, if the pace of class is too fast for you then make sure you see your instructor about it!

We've all been beginners at one point, it's just that sometimes people who have been training for a long time forget how bewildering MA can be for the newbie.

If class is going too fast for you then if your instructor knows then he can do something about it. He may assign a higher grade to work with you for a while or may work personally with you for a bit to make sure that you're keeping up.

There's no shame in saying that the class is too quick for you - people learn at different paces and if the instructor knows that you sometimes have trouble keeping up he can do something about it.

[embm]

I always write my new forms down in my training manual. My instrutor has also put all of his forms onto video tape, which helps a lot. The best thing of all is practice, practice, practice. We have a saying in our dojang that it takes doing something 25,000 to make it instinctive.

[KwicKixJ1]

keep doing them. that's all the practice you'll need. how do you think the old school guys did it back in korea? repetition.

[socalmomma]

When we first started learning the forms, our Master Instructor first taught us the footwork, and then added in the blocks/punches. I also journal everything during and after class so that I can review it later - it helps a LOT. And then of course just practice - over and over and over again.