are you stacking skills, or just spreading yourself too thin?

Just a brief word on how to most effectively improve your skills. When I was younger I thought that the best way was to work on everything every day. I have since learned that while working on everything a little every day is good, the only real way to improve is a process called “skill stacking”. This is when I make one thing my intense focus until I see improvement, then I back off and pick something else to focus intensely on. If you want to improve, pick the biggest dog in the pack and take him down. Then look up and ask, “who’s next?”

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About Shifu Read

Primary instructor of the school. Training in martial arts since he was 5. He started in kickboxing, then moved to XingYi at 18. At 32 he began training in BaGua. At 36 he began training in TaiJi. At 40, he began in BJJ. He loves to share his knowledge with his students and help them along in their own martial journey.
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