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Perfect Practice 03/17/2005
Asians theorized long ago that if a person repeats a physical action enough times, it will eventually become a reflex action. Research in recent years has actually proven this theory to be true. If a person repeats a physical action 3000 to 5000 times it will in fact become a reflex action. By reflex action, we are talking about muscle memory. Your muscles react in a way that is almost without thought.
The problem with this is the simple fact that a person can develop bad reflexes as easily as good ones. Repetition of a sloppy or lazy technique will only lead you to be an expert at executing sloppy and lazy techniques.
If you wish to become a technical expert, you should strive every time you practice to execute the technique as perfectly as possible. Practice does not make perfect, but perfect practice does make perfect technique.
Keith Sensei
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