This past Sunday, Shifu was taking us through basics again, through the first few motions of the Lao Jia form. He went over a few applications, and then began speaking about how he would take us through a doorway, by showing us a number of applications, and then stated that it would be up to us to continue studying and pursuing understanding to learn our own applications and meanings to the different motions of the forms.
He stated that he felt it was not unreasonable an expectation. I agree. Certainly it is good to always watch Shifu's applications, but then as students we need to apply ourselves to study and try to understand the depths of what we are given through the forms.
It is not an easy path once through the doorway, but it would be enriching for sure. Sure beats doing things over and over again for years and not having a clue as to how we are supposed to use these movements for fighting.
J
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