Advancement of results is mastery of basics.

This is true whether you are a dancer, woodworker, martial artist, mixologist, musician, mathematician, yogi, chef, or acupuncturist.

Any and every field has fundamental elements, techniques, and concepts. Be they notes, numbers, steps, formulas, or needles, without sufficient repetition of essentials we will not reach the essence.

We want diligence to insist on training despite drama, excuses, and politics. We need patience to persist in training beyond boredom, insecurity, and disappointment. Diligence plus patience equals resilience.

The fog of potential questions, doubts, and fears only evaporates via the heat, fire, and light of actual practice. This clarity then creates room for apparently sudden breakthroughs.

Therefore, although the present product appears fast the past process was long.