Doc Stier wrote:origami_itto wrote:I'm looking forward to getting into the Hao stuff. I want to finish up study of the Dong simplified and then get their Yang form nailed and then I figure I'd be able to get the most out of it.
Surely you must have collected more than enough different forms by now to finally select whichever one best suits you and then simply work it until you master it.
Real high level skill doesn't manifest from learning more forms, more drills, more weapons, more supposed fighting applications, or more of anything other than more practice of one method, rather than a little practice of many methods. Just saying from my own experience. ymmv.
I've been working the first section of the simplified form for a year now. Don't practice any other forms currently. Just now feeling confident enough to move into the second section.
The Dong style "Yang" long form is a further development of the simplified form concepts with more moves mixed in.
The Fast set is basically fast/small frame/usage Yang.
The Hao stuff has got some different mechanics, I'm not intimately familiar with the details yet.
The dong yie iie fajin set is a mix of Hao and Yang and whatever else he felt like throwing into the mix.
I'm not working on a form, though, I'm working on myself. Different forms are just different expressions of my body, different ways to feel and move and explore. In this case they are additive/cumulative, a progression. Simplified supports Long supports fast and hao supports fajin.
Would you tell a musician to only master one song?
The T.T. Liang and Huang Sheng Shyan are good stuff but I think the Dong curriculum has a lot more to offer so I'm not practicing them anymore.
I love comparing forms and the concerns of various lineages. Some will tell you things are impossible that others show is quite simple. Some stress concerns as critical that others don't bother with. The comparison of the evolution of the movements through various telephone games is likewise enlightening. It's like watching a foreign film with captions AND subtitles each produced by a different company, sometimes you're reading a completely different conversation than you're hearing.