One of my requirements this year was a video record of my forms so I could see "me" through different eyes. Yesterday I videoed my Dadao sword form to see how it looked. Amazing the difference from what the mind thinks and sees to what actually is. I looked like a stick figure, no bending at the waste, no settling into my stances, no flow from one move to the next, and yet that is not what my mind thought of the form. I have no excuses because they would be just that, excuses. So today I am going to exaggerate every move, go deeper than I feel necessary, and bend till it hurts.
On a side note, yesterday at open training, I had a white belt ask me what he thought was a simple question, "how do the belts and stripes work?". Well 45 minutes later, I am still talking about the stripes and their significance, and I can see his eyes glazing over thinking "does this guy ever shut up, all I asked was a simple question?". Well, at least I was thorough, right 😁?
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