Why is Bruce Lee so fierce? It's because I play too much that I'm so fierce. Actual combat is a catalyst for progress, otherwise you can't beat anyone after practicing all your life, and you can knock it down with one punch. Of course, fitness is still useful.

It's also self-taught fighting. I've seen some who practice well, but I've also seen some who have taught themselves for several years and have good theories but don't even have the most basic skills. In fact, they have worked hard, but why is the effect so poor? I realized that I was quite successful among the self-taught soldiers. At least when I started professional training less than a year after self-study, the coach was surprised and said that there was nothing wrong with my movements, but I should pay attention to some details. From my personal experience, I think the first step of self-study is accurate imitation.

In the past, when I taught myself, I only read books, but there was no video material at all. Many of them were hand-painted pictures, so the movements were very irregular. So I first try to choose books with pictures as photos, and sometimes action photos in magazines are also my reference objects, trying to see every action detail clearly. Although there is no dynamic video to watch, a dynamic process has been formed in my mind through the synthesis of pictures and text descriptions. At that time, the broadcast of boxing Sanda competition on TV was extremely rare, which was even more precious to me. Seeing it once can solve many common problems. It's certainly more convenient now. So many teaching videos are decomposed one by one, which is almost equivalent to having a coach around, which is more intuitive and easier to understand. First of all, we should understand the movement, which position is at what angle and what distance. As soon as we close our eyes, we can recall the whole movement in our mind.

So when practicing, don't worry about the essentials of strength, not to mention the application of boxing theory, that is, imitate the movements in place first, and you can do them without too much practice, that is, do them seriously. Before each practice, you should go through the movements in your mind and practice them again, preferably in front of the mirror, so that you can see the difference between your movements and textbooks or videos most intuitively. These differences are where you are not in place. If you find them, you should adjust them.

Don't bring your own ideas when you start practicing imitation. Many amateur practitioners just want to pursue a high-level "personalized action that suits them" before the basic movements are in place, or deliberately imitate the movements of a fighting master, that is, they want to fly before they learn to climb, and as a result, they can't even do the most basic movements. Think of yourself as a doll and let it out one by one according to the posture of regular movements. You don't need to move fast, you just need to move in place, and every detail must be in place. When these actions become your habits, you can understand the essentials of strength. In fact, when you imitate the action very formally, the essentials of strength often come out naturally in the action and only need to be strengthened slightly.

In the final analysis, the first step in learning to fight is the basic technical action, whether it is self-study or coaching. The method of learning is imitation, but the coach's guidance can correct your mistakes at any time. Self-study really needs to be careful, so as to calm down and do every technical detail in place and lay a good foundation for future practice.