It’s really down to you. As a practitioner, you must do exactly that, practice. Dedication, diligence, patience, persistence and commitment to training inside and outside of your school will make you a successful martial arts exponent. Think on and understand why you are doing what you are doing in practice and constantly focus on improvement of your application, be patient and enjoy the learning process. If you see a technique for the first time and try to perform it as fast or smoothly as the expert, you may never get it right. Always break the technique down to individual parts and learn the detail, the stages of applications and the feel for the movement, as you improve, your ability to apply the action in reality will increase, take small steps