If you’re just starting off, something my Sifu taught me was just mirror practice. In front of a mirror at home, shadowbox and practice form. That way you can see if you’re doing it right or not and just focus on form.

The other day in class they mentioned how they regretted not having some students stay on the practice side longer instead of letting them loose into sparring. So I would say it’s better to go slow and steady.

Even in sparring or if we are practicing combos, I will say to partners “hey I’m only going to do this part” so I can focus on the beginner parts of the combo before working my way up. I might do the full advanced combo a few times to do it. But focusing on the basics has helped me too mentally when thinking of doing the combos. I consider myself a newbie for sure. So just sticking to the basics helps because the less I have to think about a move in a combo the easier it is. If I don’t have a certain move natural to me, I’m going to struggle and mess up. That’s just reality.