The basics are the most important part of the practice.once upon a time people would learn 2 3 moves or things and practice these until you just got tired of them and you began to question why you weren't moving on to bigger and better things.patience is a key here as well as the faith to believe something is going on whether you know it or not.someone told me when Chen man ching was asked why his students none of them were up to his level he said ==none of them have faith.Faith in themselves,faith in the arts,faith in the teacher ,faith in the wind the more you practice earnestly correctly you will know what this means,peace and blessings