Drills are different to form; they are short sequences repeated a number a times, and always focus upon a very limited application.
They take a form posture and consider small circle applications that might extend from that movement.Focussing in this manner enables you to see hidden possibilities of further application suggested by the form posture.
A drill is just one possible application but can lead you to see more choices within the posture.Drills are usually two person sets but should be trained solo as well.
If you want to train speed and power, perform the set as slowly as you can. The responses become second nature.It would be a mistake to focus too heavily upon drills, for they only represent a slither of form.
posted by Dynamic Balancing Tai Chi
http://dynamicbalancingtaichi.blogspot.com/
2 comments:
Wow. I thought you were posting advice for sword handling class or something like that.
It is Tai Chi. A Chinese version of Kenbudo (sword fighting). It is characteristic of most Tai Chi is that it works on basic principles which can be applied to work, sales, or most any other form in human interaction.
That last line is quite a good "Freudian Slip"....I'll have to bug the author about it. I think it is supposed to be: "for they represent a SLIVER of form."
Tai Chi... http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/taoism.html
Freudian Slips....http://www.haverford.edu/psych/ddavis/p109g/fslip.html
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