ppscat wrote:In Wu Style, Master Liu Ji Fa says that in the past "teachers would first start a student learning the Wu style fast form, to get students familiar with the fastest movements and applications, and then they would teach them the slow form. IME, in social dance and guitar playing you can learn the (‘internal’) subtleties only after mastering timing. Just the opposite of my (Yang) Taiji learning path.
Interesting isn’t it?
DeusTrismegistus wrote:I was wondering what you guys thought on the pros and cons of training slow vs training fast and everything in between. Do you do slow training? Do you train fast? How do you think each benefits you? I have my own ideas but I don't have time to make a big post right now. Just want to hear some opinions.
Bhassler wrote:Deus,
Slow vs. Fast has different implications depending on what you're training. Skill? Strength? Courage? What in particular did you have in mind?
DeusTrismegistus wrote:I was wondering what you guys thought on the pros and cons of training slow vs training fast and everything in between. Do you do slow training? Do you train fast? How do you think each benefits you? I have my own ideas but I don't have time to make a big post right now. Just want to hear some opinions.
Interloper wrote:When I first studied piano, I always was anxious to race through a piece because I wanted to play and hear it in its "finished" form. But without having first wired in each step of the process, each note and pause, practicing everything fast was always disasterous. My teacher threatened to make me practice under water, so the water density would slow me down!
Going back over scales, arpegios, and pieces slowly was absolutely crucial to learning each and every note and movement, on step at a time. Every time you go through something slowly, correctly, it wires into your brain and nervous system a little bit more. Then you can increase the pace because the liklihood is greater that you'll hit the correct note, with the correct form and timing.
On a whole-body scale such as in MAs, it's the same thing IMO. Whenever I have rushed through something it has been as disasterous as were my arpegios when I did not have the patience to slowly and painstakingly "walk it through" to inculcate the method and movement.
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