Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
I would add that one should examine the curriculum of techniques that you practice with a critical eye and weed out those that are unrealistic. Only keep the ones that are truly worth while, and make some alterations where necessary. Sometimes a technique has a good idea imbedded within it, but it is surrounded by fluff. Eliminate the fluff and keep the good ideas. Pare down your technique lists and only keep those that truly make sense. Ask yourself if the attack you are defending against makes sense, and does the defense itself make sense? If not, dump it. Anything that is too flowery, or that you understand primarily as an abstract "study of motion" probably needs to go.