Slow Down!

Far too often, there will be those who equate great training with training that is excessively hard. While it is certainly true that if you put a tremendous amount of effort and force into your training, it can develop a solid degree of toughness and skill, it can also reverse many of the gains that you strive for.

When you train too hard, too fast, too often, the ability to pick up the important fine details of techniques becomes difficult. In a way, the art and science of the sport become lost in a blurry haze. When you slow down and work at a decent pace, then you have acquired the ability to pick up the important little nuances that you may end up missing if you speed through your workouts and sparring sessions.

There is also the issues of safety involved here. If you push too hard, you run the risk of injury. When you are hurt, you can't train and require time off. Of course, this is not going to get you to improve. Again, keeping the pace at a relatively slow one will keep you injury free and perpetually improving. So give it a try