May 5th, 2013
Champions understand that the key to mastery is Spirited Repetition. Repetition is often referred to as the Mother of Learning or Skill. Champions master their skills by repeating basic motions over and over again. They know that it takes more than just practice to reach excellence. It takes Spirited Repetition to perfect all of the fundamental skills.
One of the best ways to accelerate your success and achievement in any area of your life, especially your Martial Arts is to practice, drill and rehearse it until it becomes natural and fluent. When you practice/drill/rehearse with the intent of becoming great, you’ll give it better attention and spirit.
How many times do you think Tiger Woods has driven the ball from a practice tee? How about Michael Jordon, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, or more recently Kobe Bryant lobbing free throws from the practice court? Or how many times do think Roger Federer has practiced his forehand, backhand, and serve on the tennis court? Look at any world champion and the answer becomes clear. The answer is always: as many times as it takes!
By developing the Habit of Spirited Repetition in your Martial Arts training, you’ll see improvement in your skills, confidence and overall conditioning. You’ll see benefit in everything you do outside of the dojang as well. “The way you do anything influences the way you do everything!”
As part of our Habits of Excellence series, we encourage you to train and develop the Habit of Spirited Repetition on the mats and off the mats. At work, in school, during study time or doing anything you wish to excel at.
“Life is a lot more fun when you are excelling at it!”