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
I’m back for a second day of ranking my weapon forms. I spoiled it by saying what my favorite is. I just took twenty minutes to look up Double Sword Forms. They are thin on the ground on YouTube. The ones I can find are mostly Chen style, which is not my style (Yang style).… Continue Reading
I love my weapons. I know I have said that several times (especially lately), but weapons are my life. I have finished teaching myself the Cane Form with the saber, and I decided to try it on the left side. Pleasantly, I was able to do the whole thing. Except two movements that I’ve also… Continue Reading
I finished teaching myself the Cane Form with the saber, and the last row was surprisingly much easier than I thought it would be. That’s because I watched my teacher’s teacher do it with the cane (he has the whole Cane Form online), and I cleaned up my form based on what I’m seeing from… Continue Reading