dragonprawn wrote:I wanted any opinions on this. I practice Yang style forms. Even in our long form we are told Yang Cheng Fu took out double jump kick so the form could be practiced slowly and at a uniform pace. This is generally fine with me as I have that kick in my broadsword form anyway and I like to do empty hand forms slowly most of the time, except when training fast form.
But the question becomes, is it really that important to keep a uniform pace? I have seen Masters' demos where the whole form is slow except for sweep lotus kick, and I often feel like speeding that one up myself. I also think about the spins in the form. On a smooth surface I can slow them down to match the rest of the movements in terms of speed and hit my mark. On concrete in rubber soles it is difficult to spin correctly at any speed anyway. But the "wind up - unwind" motion of these, like lotus gets me thinking again about uniform pacing.
Do you change speeds in kicks, spins or otherwise within a single form?
. She was surprised that I hadn't learned more postures.] Mrs. Zheng observed me doing the form.
She asked the Professor why he hadn't taught me more, and he said that my leg was shaking like a pipa string.
" She said that times change, and the Professor shouldn't teach me like Prof. Yang taught him. After this, the Professor began to teach me the next postures.
Later, he changed his teaching style when he came to the United States.
which might have given rise to some of misconceptions some have concerning solo practice,,
In fact, I was surprised to learn when I visited the Professor's New York school that the students there had seen him do the entire form.
dragonprawn wrote:I was thinking more along the lines of if you are already accomplished at both slow and fast speeds. Then, sort of like the form practice becoming less formal over time as you add your own flavor is changing speeds ok? And also along the lines of should YCF have done this in the first place?
dragonprawn wrote:Thank you all for the comments. Though I have been at this a long time I am always learning from others.
Thank you Wayne for the most direct answer - I don't necessarily desire to speed up Snake Creeps Down though (I used to when I was less flexible, found it difficult and just wanted to get it over with ). That is interesting. And does this mean I should speed up snake a bit? I mean should in the sense of if I want to comply with that method. Can I ask the source?
google translate
There have been different opinions and opinions from ancient times to the present, but Mr. Wang Peisheng summed it up in four words: “the resultant force is zero”.
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