| I have seen many come into the martial arts academy | | | | the mixed martial arts academy per week will amount |
| and begin their training. They seem to have talent, | | | | to 100 training sessions per year. Make it 3 per week, |
| maybe more than a lot of those in the school. In just a | | | | and you just upped the training by 50% making it 150 |
| few weeks they are better than many of the students | | | | per year. Most everyone misses a day every now |
| who have been training several months or more. But, | | | | and then. Life is chaos and many things are |
| they disappear. You don't see them again for a few | | | | unavoidable. Missing week after week of training is |
| months. When they reappear, they seem to pick up | | | | ridiculous unless you have sustained an injury. |
| where they left off, and begin making progress again. | | | | Plan your work and work your plan. If your training |
| The issue with this type of training is that their | | | | becomes boring, change it up. Attend another school |
| progress may only be in your mind. These people for | | | | for a while, or try some of the other classes that are |
| the most part, don't have the inner drive to propel them | | | | available at your school. Those that quit and restart |
| to greatness. | | | | their training never end up high-level fighters. Begin with |
| Training for a while, then stopping and starting again is | | | | the end in mind. Do you want to compete? Do you |
| a cycle that many get trapped in. It seems that they | | | | want a black belt? Are you training to lose some body |
| have legitimate reasons for not being in class, but | | | | fat? Whatever your goal is in mixed martial arts, you |
| nobody misses training for that long of a time. You | | | | will not reach it without continuity. Take a good look at |
| make small increments of progress every time you | | | | what is causing you to miss so many classes, and |
| train. There is usually no big whopping amount of | | | | think about your priorities. Greatness is built one day at |
| progress that anyone will make in one training session. | | | | a time. There is an old expression: Rome wasn't built in |
| If there is, it is the cumulative result of regular training. | | | | a day. Neither is a great fighter. Stick with it! |
| Continually training, and getting in at least 2 sessions in | | | | |