[Fat Charlie]

Okay, what you're thinking of is "double clutching." I've never driven an unsynchronized manual, so I've never had to do it. That's where you go fully into neutral, rev match then hit the clutch again and shift into gear.

With a synchronized gearbox you just shift normally (your abbreviated method). Upshifting you match revs without trying because the engine slows when you lift off the throttle and hit the clutch. Downshifting you match with that throttle blip. It's almost as easy as on the upshift, but it does take a little more involvement on your part.