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Old 02-12-2004, 08:31 AM   #3
MaryKaye
Dojo: Seattle Ki Society
Location: Seattle
Join Date: Dec 2003
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I've studied one place where we do a small number of techniques and work on them a lot, and another where we did a huge number every class. Somehow both teaching styles eventually work, though I had the impression that some students prosper under one or the other. (I do best with the few-techniques approach, being a slow learner with little kinesthetic memory.)

Keeping a training notebook with detailed notes on every throw I've seen has helped me make sure that stuff seen only once isn't completely useless.

I'm slowly beginning to discover that as you get more experienced, the things you learn from one throw become more transferrable to others, and the vastness of the art is a *little* less daunting. Only a little, though. We were shown a shihonage from a different attack than the one we usually study, and I was able to say "Oh, okay" after seeing it and then just repeat it. Yay! Doesn't happen very often yet.

Mary Kaye
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