| Reps, or a repetition is something that people usually | | | | professional boxer. If you want to be good at armbars, |
| think of when referring to bodybuilding, or some type | | | | then practice armbars for a thousand reps. Now, |
| of weight training. Few people think of reps when they | | | | you're not going to get in a thousand reps in during the |
| think of mixed martial arts training. How many people | | | | course of a day, or even a week. But if you drill the |
| go to class, practice a move 6 or 7 times, then hit the | | | | technique even 15 minutes a day, at the end of 3 |
| mats for sparring. This is not how greatness is | | | | months, your game will be noticeable better. At the |
| accomplished. Anyone who has ever achieved | | | | end of a year, it should be a whole lot better. |
| greatness in anything, tennis, piano, guitar, boxing, or | | | | Time should be taken out before or after each training |
| jiu-jitsu, accomplished it with hundreds and even | | | | session to do some reps. If you get someone else |
| thousands of repetitions. When the class is over with, | | | | who is willing to drill with you, all the better. But don't let |
| many want to go home. Or before class starts, how | | | | your game depend on someone else. You can't let |
| many are talking about what they did the night before, | | | | someone else make or break your game. If you have |
| or the latest movie. That's all fine and good, but if a | | | | scheduled a drilling session with someone and they |
| higher level is what you are looking for, you should be | | | | don't show up, that does not let you off the hook. Drill |
| using that time to drill a technique. | | | | with a punching bag, or a grappling dummy if there is |
| Thank about this: how many times does a boxer | | | | one. I can't stress enough how important it is not to let |
| throw a jab in practice before he has it right? Close to | | | | your game plan get ruined by someone else. |
| a thousand. Maybe more! I know I used to be a | | | | |