How to Remember Your Kata and Forms in Martial Arts | Improve Your Memory for Belt Tests

Do you ever worry about forgetting your kata or forms before a belt test? Well, don't! I’ve got three tips to help you remember your kata and ace the test.

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Tip #1: Practice your kata as fast as you can.

You lift weights to isolate your muscles. Going through your kata as fast as you can isolates your brain! Don’t worry about doing everything properly, just see how fast you can speed through the sequence without any stops.

Once you figure out your brain’s maximum speed limit, then go back and practice your forms at the proper pace. I promise—you will suddenly feel like a brainiac.

Tip #2: Practice your forms in different directions.

Back in my Tae Kwon Do days, I always nailed my form... as long as I did them in my home dojang! But when we'd test in a different school, I would freeze! Why?

The problem was that I had learned the form based on EXTERNAL points of reference instead of INTERNAL points of reference. Here's how to fix that...

1) Practice your forms in your home school starting off in every direction.

2) Practice your kata everywhere you can. Practice at home, in the park, in the parking lot—anyplace. Just be careful in the shower.

3) Spin around and count to three... then stop. Wherever you end up, start your kata right from there. That should help!

Tip #3: Practice your forms with your eyes closed.

Closing your eyes will force you to feel your way through the kata, instead of see your way through the kata. You’ll start building sense memories, instead of just intellectual memories.

I would recommend choosing one feeling to focus on at a time. Maybe it’s the sound of your breathing. Or the weight in your feet. Or the pressure in your hands. The big idea is if you give your brain something to focus on, it’s a lot less likely that it’s going to get distracted by noises in the room or the voices in your head.

Two more quick thoughts. First--if you make a mistake performing your kata during a belt test, own it! Don’t allow yourself to get upset. Just keep going or ask for permission to start again.

The truth is if you keep your cool and keep going after a mistake, that might be a better demonstration of who you really are than if you had performed your kata perfectly the first time!

Second thought--if you follow all of these tips and you still can’t remember your kata, you’re just not ready to test yet. And that’s okay!

Remember--the ultimate goal of martial arts is not a new belt, it’s a new you. A better you. So, don’t be in a hurry. Do the work and enjoy the journey.

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