johnwang wrote:If you have "partner drills", you will have "solo drills" when partner is not available. If you link your "solo drills" together, you will have "solo training" and it will look just like you are fighting. If you can create your own "solo training" and get better result out of your training time investment, why do you even want to train the traditional forms for? If you create it well, it can look as "pretty" as any TCMA form.
You may want to "copy" when you were young. But are you going to "copy" for the rest of your life? When will you start to "create"? Your thought?
johnwang wrote:If you have "partner drills", you will have "solo drills" when partner is not available. If you link your "solo drills" together, you will have "solo training" and it will look just like you are fighting. If you can create your own "solo training" and get better result out of your training time investment, why do you even want to train the traditional forms for? If you create it well, it can look as "pretty" as any TCMA form.
You may want to "copy" when you were young. But are you going to "copy" for the rest of your life? When will you start to "create"? Your thought?
johnwang wrote:Your thought?
daoboxer wrote:Isn't it the ultimate aim for any marshal artist to become formless?
johnwang wrote:daoboxer wrote:Isn't it the ultimate aim for any marshal artist to become formless?
When your fist meets your opponent's face, it won't make much difference whether your leading foot is on the
- outside of his right foot,
- inside of his right foot,
- outside of his left foot,
- inside of his left foot,
When you push your opponent's neck and you use your leading leg to hook on the
- outside of his right foot (cut),
- inside of his right foot (knife hook),
- outside of his left foot (outer hook),
- inside of his left foot (inner hook),
you are using a complete different throwing technique with different body method. From a striking art point of view, the term "formless" may make sense. But from the throwing art point of view, it doesn't make any sense because your
- rooting leg,
- attacking leg,
- major hand,
- minor hand,
are restricted by what throwing technique that you are going to execute.
klonk wrote:The hope (or maybe it is just an empty dream) is that your spontaneous formless response will be correct for the situation, without conscious analysis.
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