🧠 The forgetting curve: conceived by Hermann Ebinghaus in 1885, this model demonstrates that learned information declines rapidly in the first 24 hours and then tails off if not revisited. The solution is to recall or practice immediately after and the next day.

🎯 No goal: this need not be lofty, a simple goal for each practice bout will give you focus and pull you in a direction. This may inspire further training and study goals. Get curious.

📅 Inconsistency: missing sessions increases the forgetting curve, meaning you’re always in catch up mode, always feeling “rusty”. The solution is making up the time – solo drilling at home, or paired drilling at sparring.

⚔️ Drilling/Sparring imbalance: You need both. Too much sparring results in ruts and limited repertoire, too much drilling results in very flat fencing with poor responses.

⛓️‍💥 Unconnected concepts: You may understand the concepts of timing, measure, counter etc. – but can you actually get them to work? Do you even fully understand them? Revisit fundamentals – basic skills are high level skills.

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