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I've long been interested in understanding how it is we learn martial arts, and what we can do to help improve our chances of progressing quickly. so I thought it might be fun to look at the phrase "Drillers make Killers" and see if there really is any truth in it.
Here are some references to what I talk about.
Lim, C.S., Tang, K.N., Kor, L.K. (2012). Drill and Practice in Learning (and Beyond). In: Seel, N.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer, Boston, MA. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1428-6_706
Scholz, J., Klein, M., Behrens, T. et al. Training induces changes in white-matter architecture. Nat Neurosci 12, 1370–1371 (2009). doi.org/10.1038/nn.2412
Alberini CM (2011) The role of reconsolidation and the dynamic process of long-term memory formation and storage. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 5:12. 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00012
Forcato, C., Rodríguez, M. L., Pedreira, M. E., and Maldonado, H. (2010). Reconsolidation in humans opens up declarative memory to the entrance of new information. Neurobiol. Learn. Mem. 93, 77–84.
Kahneman, Daniel, (2011). Thinking, Fast and Slow. New York :Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
techtarget.com/searchcio/definition/OODA-loop
medium.com/oxford-university/the-amazing-phenomenon-of-muscle-memory-fb1cc4c4726
https://mcgraw.princeton.edu/undergraduates/resources/resource-library/how-people-learn
I've long been interested in understanding how it is we learn martial arts, and what we can do to help improve our chances of progressing quickly. so I thought it might be fun to look at the phrase "Drillers make Killers" and see if there really is any truth in it.
Here are some references to what I talk about.
Lim, C.S., Tang, K.N., Kor, L.K. (2012). Drill and Practice in Learning (and Beyond). In: Seel, N.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer, Boston, MA. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1428-6_706
Scholz, J., Klein, M., Behrens, T. et al. Training induces changes in white-matter architecture. Nat Neurosci 12, 1370–1371 (2009). doi.org/10.1038/nn.2412
Alberini CM (2011) The role of reconsolidation and the dynamic process of long-term memory formation and storage. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 5:12. 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00012
Forcato, C., Rodríguez, M. L., Pedreira, M. E., and Maldonado, H. (2010). Reconsolidation in humans opens up declarative memory to the entrance of new information. Neurobiol. Learn. Mem. 93, 77–84.
Kahneman, Daniel, (2011). Thinking, Fast and Slow. New York :Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
techtarget.com/searchcio/definition/OODA-loop
medium.com/oxford-university/the-amazing-phenomenon-of-muscle-memory-fb1cc4c4726
https://mcgraw.princeton.edu/undergraduates/resources/resource-library/how-people-learn
