by origami_itto on Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:15 am
I think the answer is to help spread the art.
I can't speak for him but every time we've talked he said that is his goal, spread the family art.
So, in my perception and interpretation, he's created the fundamental qigong exercises to help develop proper shen fa in a more focused manner, then the simplified form is a mostly bilateral short form that is relatively straight forward, easy to learn and teach and start developing the shen fa.
So they have the family qigong which is some pretty powerful energetic stuff, then the fundamental qi gong for more of the physical aspect, then the simplified form to get them familiar with the building blocks. He's working on certifying instructors on that basic curriculum and developing them into delivering the traditional Yang and Hao forms, fast form, weapons work, etc.
Some folks will never get past the simplified form, but they can still stay engaged and developing and the ones looking for the more intricate and arguably more energetically powerful have material to work on.
But again that's just my interpretation.