Comments on: How to Get the Most Out of Your Experience Here

By: David Richards

David Richards — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:06:31 +0000

When the instructor has everyone pair up and work on techniques, it’s a good idea to not always pair up with the same people every time, and every week. Mix it up and work with different people. When I do, I can see that striking your attacker isn’t going to be the same with everyone. Some people are taller, and some are short like me so the strikes will be delivered in different places. Also, some people are tougher and want a little CONTROLLED contact during practice and others don’t. It’s then I am slower and have more self control. When i’m working the techniques with those that don’t want a lot of contact, and by doing the technique slower, I see how i’m doing the technique and where it needs more work. Hope that made sense LOL

By: JessicaT

JessicaT — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:15:32 +0000

I’ve found that the things I learn in class stick with me better if I take a few minutes shortly after class to review what I learned. Sometimes I write notes in my journals, which really is the most effective, but even if I just review it in my mind, it stays there a lot longer.

By: Ryan Wheaton

Ryan Wheaton — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:26:47 +0000

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Great comments. Keep them coming!

By: Russ

Russ — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:09:55 +0000

Great points. I think it is also important to have fun. There is a lot of information on the website and also the AKKI website that can be good sources of information.

By: Jeff J.

Jeff J. — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:25:53 +0000

Another great post… when I started training there were so many things going through my mind… so many questions that I wanted answers too… These are all great tips, but I think the two most important tips are *Ask questions… and then to listen… It is important to ask any question you might have no matter how dumb you think it is… chances are someone else in class has the same question. With that it is vital to listen to every answer in class because you might have that same question.

Your doing an amazing job… Thank you for all the efforts you put into our training.

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:05:23 +0000

Those are all great points. I would second #6. The reference journals are really great, especially for reviewing techniques, forms, and sets. I would add one more; Practice outside of class. It doesn’t have to be hours every day, but simply reviewing techniques and forms at home can be a great help to everyone.

I know I’m no better at this than anyone else, but I find that when I work on the gross movements for the forms and techniques at home then the second and third time we cover them in class I’m able to focus more on fine tuning rather than simply re-learning the basic movement patterns.