Mastery is built in the repetition of basics, not the accumulation of advanced techniques. There's a reason our most advanced students still practice the same kicks they learned as white belts. It's not because they forgot. It's because that's where mastery lives. 1. Advanced students never stop drilling fundamentals Watch any black belt at Master Chang's and you'll see them working on the same roundhouse kick, the same jab, the same chamber they learned in their first month. The difference is h