I still don't grasp how a distinction between implicit and explicit learning can be made. At a first glance, the two words seem to imply that these are two ver

I still don't grasp how a distinction between implicit and explicit learning can be made. At a first glance, the two words seem to imply that these are two very different processes. But when I asked myself "Does learning a Karate move require rather implicit or explicit learning?" the answer is not clear to me. On the one hand, you have to be fully focused [explicit learning] on the actual move (What's the angle of my feet?, How high should my fist rise? etc.) On the other hand, karate instructors always advice "do not think about what you do", they hence perhaps advice an implicit learning approach. [so, according to the paper, they don't want you to be mindful - and that sounds like an oxymoron since karate is about being mindful] My uneducated guess would be that it requires both kinds of learning at the same time to the same amount (That's what I would actually consider/define as mindful learning...) I would like to understand these concepts better as I guess a lot of ineffective learning can be ascribed to the "wrong kind of learning".