Sifu Rybak's recent post about the 18 concepts for total Kung Fu is awesome. As with any great post, it made me think, a lot. The idea or concept of these 18 techniques as being bridges and not boxes to be checked, brilliant! So the next step in my understanding of her post was to think about my "bridges", are they strong, stable and easy to use? Or, are they weak, unstable and surrounded by trolls? Trolls you say? Sorry to say yes, this is my analogy. The trolls I talk of infest every bridge, grabbing at my legs, blocking my way, their only purpose is to make crossing the bridge hard. But if I am strong enough, if my gallant white steed can hold his course, I can fight off the trolls and make it across the bridge to the other side to the realm of understanding and harmony, victorious in my quest for the holy.....sorry, I went off on a bit of a tangent there, to many scary fairy tales in my past.
Anyways, thank you Sifu Rybak, that post has made me start to fine tune my thinking on the different connections and flow that our techniques require in order for us to properly use our Kung Fu in the way it is intended to be used. I will now go and try every one of our school forms the I currently know and see if I can find those bridges, and then see what I do when I get there. Do I cross with confidence or fight trolls every step of the way. Onward noble steed, a great adventure awaits!
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