[ARandomerDude]

Yes, do it this way. When I learned vim, I just went to work and decided to use it one day. The only thing I did was get on Stack Overflow and look up how to turn off the arrow keys, so I would have to use hjkl.

As you said, by the end of the workday I was very comfortable with basic vim use.

[jethro_tell]

Print a sheet of basic commands, tape it to your monitor and off to the races.