How do you make martial arts training effective?

Question

what are the do's and don'ts. i train a lot but i feel like i can do so much better.

Answer 1

go find a teacher and some sparring partners

Answer 2

You make it effective by learning some effective work out regiments from your local gym, and you do the training regularly, and you take it seriously.

Answer 3

well what do you mean by effective ?

Answer 4

Find some one who actually had martial arts.  It may sound mean but there have been several injuries from people tring to do stuff they dont know how to do.

Answer 5

Good teacher, somebody to spar with, pratice a lot, workout some, run a lot, punch punching bags and I heard that shaolin monks put paper on their wall and punch it for 2 hours to make their fist harder.