That story reminds me of a local Chen teacher now deceased
He would charge by the form no matter how long it took
At the time he charged 1000$ for the Chen form
Then the same for the left form
Fool me once your fault fool me twice your fault
D_Glenn wrote:At a seminar with Chen Xiao Wang someone asked him how come we don’t practice the left side or mirror image of the form, and he was confused by the question and responded, you should have been practicing the left side all this time. He said that in a teacher student environment, that the teacher only teaches the right side of the form. Then the student can teach themselves the left side of the form when they’re practicing on their own.
D_Glenn wrote:Since most people are right handed the left side is usually practiced first ...
Quigga wrote:Imo it would be more efficient to work on individual drills and practice all sides from the beginning. But then you may end up missing some transitions in the form.
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