johnwang wrote:Can you create a new form that meet the following requirements?
1. Move 1 set up move 2, move 2 set up move 3, ...
2. All basic punches are included.
3. All basic kicks are included.
4. All basic blocks are included.
5. No duplicated technique.
6. Between 16 to 20 moves.
The 1st requirement could be the most challenged. The 5th requirement can also be challenged. Would you like to try to create one and share your creation here?
When discussing expertise one fundamental requirement is being exposed to other people who are experts. TO have experience at that level. Why, is obvious, so you can actually 'just do it' rather than having to work everything out. Working things out should be the domain of the upper level Grandmasters. For us, the road has been made easy.
I would counter your list of questions with another list of questions.
1. How many 2 person drills do you know? Each set of push hands is one drill. And other drills also count.
2. How many 2 person forms do you know?
3. How often do you spend practicing those forms?
4. With how many people do you regularly train those sets and drills?
If you want to make your own forms that is great. However, do you know what you are doing? Do you have any experience with what amounts to a 2 person form?
The great Grandmaster Wang Zi-Ping said, "I had to add some crack moves for the sake of the 2 man version of this form," meaning, that in essence no one can really predict what will happen in a fight. Saying technique A disproves technique B isn't really correct in martial arts. Even in the deep and secret practices of chaquan, it is said that 'four hands are required for
gaining confidence'. Was something else said, or did we imagine it?
IMO it is better to know where you are and how to proceed from there. In four hands, if you
simply step down and punch, the opponent can
simply downward block, and the form repeats with the same attacker on the opposite side. Or you can stand at attention (i.e. reset) and switch attacker and defender. Also, if you try punching with the same hand out as your leg, or the opposite hand and leg, gives certain advantages in advance and retreat. Also, being in bow stance or empty stance, gives you certain advantages while doing it. All of that is more important than having a form which necessarily follows A+B, B+C, C+D.
Also even in something like four hands, why not just punch the opponent instead of blocking the arm strike (fourth position)? Is there a real reason you *have to* block? What exactly then is a "crack technique" and if, such is required, maybe the idea that a form "has to be" 100% martial, or that certain rules (such as the interesting rules you mentioned) might not be practical enough to use. Maybe it is something we can arrive at over time. In this way we can continue to contribute to martial arts in our lifetimes.