The formula for successfully learning a Chinese gongfu form is to practice it every day for 100 days.
Why 100?
I have noticed that something happens on the journey to 100.
The form locks into my body, my muscle memory, in a way that even after years of no practice it is still there.
Like riding a bike.
And the big surprise... I find I can do the form.
Awkward at first, it gains fluidity.
I have time to work on nuance.
To make that form MINE.
My own expression of the form.
Somewhere along the way to 100, I gain confidence in my ability to create it.
Self-assurance grows one tiny step at a time.