Why getting the basics correct at the start accelerates your learning (and results)
Have you ever wondered why getting the basics right in anything can sometimes be the hardest part? And, if they’re the basics why aren’t they easier?
As both teacher and student, across multiple disciplines, Gordon has tried many way to speed up the process of learning the basics including; visualisation, cross training, diet, NLP, training harder and endless research. What he observed was that we all grasp the basics in different ways but the more time we spend doing an activity the more we improve. As they say ‘practice makes perfect’.
Today, we live in a fast-paced, immediacy-based culture and some people approach training the same way. Expecting immediate results but bearing little, or no attention to form, thus actually limiting their progress which results in them giving up and trying yet another fitness program. Only for the cycle to repeat.
Has this need for immediate gratification left us lacking the patience to tolerate slow practice and constant repetition to get to a place of excellence and satisfaction?
To re-educate, realign and realise the potential there has to be a balance and a concerted effort to master the basics.
Gordon has been trialling this concept with his Combat Arts 40+ small group training classes with great effect.
By focussing on the detailed precision of understanding, context, physiology, mechanics and technique, all at a snail’s pace with endless repetition, the results are very promising.
Explosive and dynamic movements and combinations are rehearsed at a glacial pace every session, but as Gordon is having to spend less time correcting bad form and technique, the students are actually learning and progressing quicker which excites them.
Gordon said: “As a trainer the best feeling is when someone really gets the material, and this approach to training means my students master the basics quicker and more accurately. This is not a new discovery or concept, however if we can do it readily at Combat Arts, it is doable in many other aspects of life.
"And if we try applying this 'slowed-down' concept to other areas in our life, we may just end up being pleasantly surprised."
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