My wife and along with my late instructor encouraged me for years to sit down and write my memories of my martial arts training. Seems both thought it would be a nice thing for me to pass down to my sons , grand children, and possibly my students.
Well I have finally got off my rear end and started doing just that. The first couple of pages where fairly easy to remember: how I got interested and my first experience with an actual school and how and why I changed systems. That was followed by my first experiences at my 2nd school or at least the first couple of weeks of training there.
Now come the hard part: telling of my progression through the ranks and my experiences at other schools as I traveled the country for 20 years. Naming schools and instructors is easy and giving a few facts of what was learned from each is not hard just remembering and getting things in the correct order is a little more difficult.
Then there are the little facts, events, and all those things that I witnessed, took part in, or was told about and all those people who influenced me over the years. . I'm not sure how I will chronicle all of these yet.
All that being said I was wondering if any of you who have put in years of training in the arts have ever documented you history in the arts for someone to read years from now
Well I have finally got off my rear end and started doing just that. The first couple of pages where fairly easy to remember: how I got interested and my first experience with an actual school and how and why I changed systems. That was followed by my first experiences at my 2nd school or at least the first couple of weeks of training there.
Now come the hard part: telling of my progression through the ranks and my experiences at other schools as I traveled the country for 20 years. Naming schools and instructors is easy and giving a few facts of what was learned from each is not hard just remembering and getting things in the correct order is a little more difficult.
Then there are the little facts, events, and all those things that I witnessed, took part in, or was told about and all those people who influenced me over the years. . I'm not sure how I will chronicle all of these yet.
All that being said I was wondering if any of you who have put in years of training in the arts have ever documented you history in the arts for someone to read years from now