So I was told to recite classics without really knowing what they mean.

I was told to practice the moves right everytime.

Only after sometime, the meanings of the classics start to reveal to me.

The classics are written in poems, or colloquial songs.

There are applications, principles, and theories in them.

Understanding them holds the keys to everything.

I was told to write journals as well and put my understandings of theories, practices and apps in poems, too.

So practices, understandings of classics, and then new insights from practices are recorded in notes and journals.

This is a 2 way street. Practices and theories. Apps and techniques.

How do you study and learn the classics?