…..Recently I have been going through my note books. Some of them are twenty years old and of course some of them are newer. It is always interesting to go back and look at your notes from a training session or multiple training sessions. You will find a lot of very useful information if you take good notes. Usually when taking notes I try to write the material right after a session and use a form of short hand to highlight very key elements in the techniques being worked on. Surprisingly my short hand and note taking ability has paid off in a great way! Having this material is like having video clips of the techniques and the training that occurred. The other night I was reviewing my notes from a couple of Royce Gracie, Rolker Gracie and also Caique Brazilian Jiujitsu seminar’s. In the note highlights I found some very useful points that I can use to train and also to teach with. That is the beauty of taking notes in that you can remember some thing that otherwise you might have forgotten. In Budo Taijutsu the Japanese Shihan are assiduous note takers and often will pull out some of their notes when teaching. This helps them to remember key points or obscure variations to the waza. So after training if you have the time take some notes and right out a few key points!
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Taking effective notes is a vital skill to training. I still review and revisit material that my teacher first taught me more than 20 years ago, because it’s in my notes.
It’s mind-boggling how often the solution to a training problem is found somewhere in my notes from years back…
My notes contain words, drawings, even “sound effects!” And they’re probably (largely) useless to anyone else — because they’re written for me, from my viewpoint and training background.