But I don't think either Rocky or the Karate Kid greatly misrepresent the amount of effort it would take for an exceptionally talented individual, with a great

But I don't think either Rocky or the Karate Kid greatly misrepresent the amount of effort it would take for an exceptionally talented individual, with a great trainer, to make the leaps they did. The studies on experts found that even those who seemed at first glance to be exceptionally talented still had needed to put in at least 10,000 hours to become an expert. There do not appear to be any shortcuts.