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Re: Taking notes
I keep notes on each throw we do--the name if I can figure it out (a guess if I can't), a description of the movements, and any specific advice I was given or discoveries I made. It's funny to read the early ones when I had very little vocabulary. My first encounter with sankyo says: "Something bad happns to wrist, elbow up high, can't fall until allowed, ow!" Not very helpful in figuring out how to do it.
I started this because I was floundering with vocabulary, and it helped a lot. I can't always describe the finesses, but it's helpful to try; it makes me think back over the material and I remember it better.
I also keep an on-line journal which is more about the experience and less about the technicalities. I think they're both valuable, but the technical one is more immediately useful.
Mary Kaye
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