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- From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
- Subject: Re: What are the purposes of Forms ?
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:11:19 GMT
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- In article <JON.92Nov23100817@zeus.med.utah.edu> jon@zeus.med.utah.edu (Jonathan Byrd) writes:
- > For reference, Chinese fighting styles commonly include both
- > weapon and empty hand forms performed with a partner.
-
- >Thanks for the input. A question: Are these two-person forms named
- >and studied in the same way as the single-person forms?
-
- At least in bagua and taiji, no: The two-person forms/sets are
- seperate from and named/refered to differently than the one-person
- forms. (I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "studied in the same
- way."...)
-
- >From
- >what I have seen, few people study the kihon kumite as seriously as
- >they study the kata. I feel this is unfortunate.
-
- The two-person sets also are less than central to the above mentioned
- arts (not necessarily true for advanced students of taiji who have
- a good instructor...) But there are also number of two-person,
- less formal exercises that are extremely usefull (push hands, "walking
- the circle" with someone, etc...) How much emphasis an instructor
- places on these seems to differ a great deal...
-
- >I think that two-person forms are an excellent way of learning. The
- >down side of two-person forms is that you must find a good partner.
-
- It is also important if you want to _remember_ the form: For lack of
- practice (and someone to practice with), I've forgotten the
- "defender" side of a two-person bagua set...
-
- Frank Crary
- CU Boulder
-
-