I finished the Swimming Dragon Form today. My teacher calls it graduating when a student finishes a form, which I find charming. It just means you’ve been taught all the postures in the form. It doesn’t mean you are a pro at them or that you will remember them perfectly if at all. My teacher… Continue Reading
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, my teacher told me that her teacher (Sifu) had mentioned that you could do the Sword Form with two swords, one in each hand. I have a feeling that she told me this before because when I tried it, I felt a sense of deja vu. Which might be… Continue Reading
Today in class, my teacher mentioned that her teacher (Sifu) had been talking about the Sword Form and how important the helping hand was. He said that you could do the Sword Form with two swords instead of just one, so she suggested that to me because I’d told her that I wanted to do… Continue Reading
I’m going to talk more about weapons. instead of meandering as I normally do, I’m going to try to be more methodical about it. We’ll see how long that lasts as I am tend to wander down several side roads at one time. I did a bit more clean up on the Cane Form. There… Continue Reading
One thing I need to remind myself is that I can’t learn it all at one time. Martial art weapon forms, I mean. There are so many I want to learn, and it’s sometimes dauntting/discouraging to realize that I probably won’t learn them all in my lifetime. Something I want to talk about first, though.… Continue Reading
I am so close, I can taste it. From the minute my teacher put the practice Deerhorn Knives in my hands (hers, which she then so generously gave to me), I knew that I wanted them in my life forever. Side note: Hilariously, I don’t think I will ever have a longterm romantic relationship, but… Continue Reading
Let’s talk more about Taiji weapons just because I can. And because I’m obsessed with them. In yesterday’s post, I was talking about how I wished I could find a forum in which I could talk about the joys of the weapons rather than the minutiae, the forms themselves, or things in that vein. It’s… Continue Reading
I skipped a post for today becuse my brother came to visit late last night during the time I would normally write the post for that day. In addition, it was daylight changing time last night, which meant we lost an hour during the night. Side note: Can we please do away with changing the clocks… Continue Reading
Yes, I have more to say about weapons because of course I do. Here is my post from yesterday in which I was comparing Taiji and Bagua. Or rather, how it’s been a journey to switch from Taiji mentality to Bagua thinking. Taiji is about deliberation, taking your time, reacting, and taking what your opponent… Continue Reading
I had a private lesson today with my teacher. After griping about the state of the world around us,* we talked about me working on different weapon forms. Her teacher is very excited that I’m so into weapons and has said that I’m welcome to any of his classes. I would love to take a… Continue Reading