When you are on your quest for knowledge there is a three step process that you can follow to help you gather the best quality information possible. Remember that the future of the tribe depends on the quality of the information you collect!
Step 1: Get the big picture . Find web sites that provide an overview of your team's martial art. Familiarize yourself with the general information about your martial art. You can often find overview information under the title overview, about, or even FAQs (frequently asked questions). At this point you are only scouting out places where you might find answers to the questions. The result of your big picture should be a list of URLs (web site addresses) that you can later use to seek answers to the specific questions.
Here are a couple of ways to keep track of your research.
Step 2: Answer the questions . Start looking for answers to the specific questions provided below. Since you have already got an overview of the martial art in step one you will have a better idea of where to look for the answers. Gather the information, but try to keep track of the sources so you can provide the tribe with the sources of your information.
Step 3: Quality control . Evaluate the quality of information. Not all information on the internet is complete or even accurate. You will need to examine the quality of the information and images you gather. Use the guides provided by the tribal chief for this purpose.
Check out this super helpful guide
to evaluating web pages
Take a look at this guide on evaluating
photographs
Many martial arts employ very specialized weapons and / or particular styles of combat. Tell the tribe about these aspects of your martial art.
If your martial art is selected the tribe will need to learn more about it. Please provide a list of web sites and other information sources.
Martial arts have different styles of combat. There are defensive, offensive and practice styles for example. Tell the tribe about some of the styles of combat used in your martial art.
These questions are optional but will help increase your status in the tribe. You don't have to do any of them, but the chief and tribal council will be very impressed if you provide answers to one or more!
You can search for
more information using your favorite search engine. Keep in mind however
that you should look at more than the first page of results as there are
often great pages buried on later pages of results. 