Having previously studied martial arts, I know one of the biggest impediments to getting skilled is how you structure your solo practice time. You can make it the same thing every day, and be bored of your schedule within a week. Or, you can vary it up to make it lively, exciting, and different.
So, I figured i'd just ask people what they do to spice up their training.
Personally, I just started Bagua and have had a lot of free time. I just graduated and got my first job, so I'm practicing many hours a day.
I tend to have some structure to my training sessions,
e.g. 1st part is footwork
2nd part is whole body training and strikes on the weight bag
3rd part is circle walk
From there I will divide it up. Say footwork for example. One day it will be something like this: work on pivot step, jump step, step through, 45* and 90* step, stepping combinations. Or it may be circle walking on the edge of bricks to improve rooting and sink into deeper stances.
Whole body training may be striking into the air slowly with various palms.
So what do you do to vary it up??