Manage and target yourself in a way that you should have a goal towards the art and a determination to learn it. Do remember the fact that it is always necessary to make efforts for the thing you want to achieve, just thinking can`t help you in any way to achieve your want. Therefore to become a good fighter you have to plan his actions, regular sparring, pad sessions, conditioning, weight training etc. 

 Don’t forget that martial arts key point is to make one inculcate self-discipline and self-control, so make yourself prepared and focused enough to deal with the determination towards your goals. Martial Arts is also like music the more you practice it, the more it will get polished, therefore in martial arts also practice is the key ward.