When you are starting out learning hand to hand combat, self defence moves or martial arts training, it is important to remember that you are learning new skills and that learning is a step by step process.

The old cliché of the learning curve is real when you are learning physical skills such as hand to hand combat training or fighting techniques. Sometimes there will be spontaneous leaps of growth such as when you get a technique clearly for the first time or suddenly see how to do it or …