I think over training keeps you out of the zone. Pushing to fast too soon also keeps you out of the zone as it forces you into survival mode.

In the zone feelings are positive, flowing, smooth, competative, energizing (not fatiguing). Training should always be towards the zone, not away from it IMO.

Over training and pushing too much is teaching you to move away from the zone.

Fear keeps us out of the zone. Hard sparring when not ready teaches one to fear and 'breaking past' the fear is only burying it and creating means to cover it (like anger for example).

Watch the greats fight and perform and see what emotions you would attribute to them.

Train those emotions in training. Feel that place in training. When ever you are feeling the opposite in training you are teaching yourself to move away from them IMO

Training should be fun. Look at Jorden move on the court, Look at Samart..

I also think the western focus on the opponent keeps you away from this zone which is inside yourself.

We fight the other guy. I htink if we are there to do our best and not to loose to ourselves I think that zone can be more easily found.

You fight to win but letting go of the outcome allows the present to unfold. It allows your senses to be doing the now. No fear of the outcome. Not fighting to prove but to be and be doing what you will and intend.

When you focus on the other guy you cannot allow self to move with intuition IMO

We say we can only beat ourselves... If true opponents can only beat themselves. That would mean we can't beat anyone. If true why not just do what we can do and let them beat themselves.

There is no loosing if your perspective is right IMO. So let go of that fear and be in the moment the best you can. Letting go allows you to perform at a higher level IMO and will give you the best chance of winning.

Paradox-letting go of winning helps you win.

Focus on him you can not be all with yourself. Movemnt and fighting ideally are intuitive, not premeditative. If you think its too late. All you can do is be. Be present with yourself and the situation and allow yourself to move thoughtlessly I think is getting into that zone.

That zone feels like everything just flows. It just is. You just move without conscious intention and it just happens.

Overtraining will always take out out of a zone.

Just a couple of my opinions...