Pictures Worth A Thousand...Memories

[sensei8]

The Hombu has already begun to take photos, but, man oh man, it's the pictures of old Hombu history that's not replaceable unless Iwao forks them over, meanwhile, I'm not holding my breath on that happening anytime soon.

I do like the emailing idea Heidi, I'll have our PR/Brand department look into that. This same department has contacted each of the Shindokan dojo's to send the Hombu any and everything that they can part from as well as any new stuff that they feel would be helpful.

Again, thanks to all for some great idea's.

[pittbullJudoka]

Pictures and videos are great thing to have. I personally have 1000's of pictures and video clips taken in the dojo. I would be lost without them. I take photos every chance I get. Shorikid and I try to make sure that we get pictures after every promotion especially of the kids. The promotion pictures go directly to Facebook because the kids want to show their friends and family. We also have a YouTube channel for the students it contains technical videos as well as sparring sessions, and some collaborations. We've slacked on our YouTube site for awhile but we are filming a lot.

But restart your collection you'll be surprised how fast it will grow. I take nights were I will photograph more than participate in class so everyone will have these types of pictures later in life to so.

I have one student that had to have pictures to go witha paper he was writing. His subject matter was of course martial arts but he didn't have enough pictures. So he brought his camera to class for a week and I photographed the action of class for him. The out come was he now has a couple hundred pictures of his own to Cherish for a life time.

So start your collection over.

[ShoriKid]

PittbullJudoka is our chronicler, without him we would be largely lost to ourselves. I'm really thankful he has an interest and talent for it, because I sure don't. People in pics I take tend to have the tops of their heads lopped off etc.

How about asking folks to bring in pictures of their own from over the years? Build your own collection from copies of those. Let everyone contribute memories that are special to them. Those are the things that build the history of a dojo and circle of karateka into a family. I bet you would be surprised what folks have laying back in boxes and photo albums.

[Lupin1]

I've never really used pictures for training, but my instructor has been videotaping us *constantly* (well, not me-- the people who actually know what they're doing...). He puts them all on YouTube but only a few are public. For the rest, he sends me links to them when he thinks they'd be beneficial and then I spend hours studying the videos. I bring my laptop out into the garage with me and play it piece by piece as I try it then go back and watch it again and again to get all the details. The only problem is, it seems like the more you want to know something, the fewer quality, focused videos with good angles exist. For me, who learns best by seeing then doing, a good quality video is a priceless tool.

I do like pictures for the memories, though. Last week my instructor's instructor came to visit us and I had them recreate a picture with me we took when I was eight. So I have the one with me, my instructor, and my isntructor's instructor when I was eight and then the same picture now and I put them right next to each other. It's fun to see how everyone and even the wall behind us (same spot on the same wall) changed.

[pittbullJudoka]

Lupin that's great that you instructor has the foresight to video the things he want you all to be able to have access to when needs be. That is exactly why I do our videos it's a great tool. After a while of watching my own videos and videos that others have made I noticed the thing about loosing details in the angle the videos are shot. My solution was to record from every possible angle including without the uke there especially when doing jiu jitsu videos. But the recreation of the picture you were talking about is very unique and great idea, I'll have to remember that one.