Five applications. I was working on these yesterday and I'm pretty sure I was having way to much fun doing these. A little tweak here, a complete overhaul there, it is funny how these can change based on your mood. Yesterday I was feeling playful, much to the vexation of my partner. I wasn't happy with my "kick" application, so I played. After some creative thinking, I came up with one I really like, and he didn't. Perfect, your partner isn't supposed to like it. Now I hope it is easily repeatable. I still have one more I am unsure about, but I don't want to change too much this close to "the day".
Gets me to thinking how easy it is to change the application with very little effort. A slide step versus a projection step, a strike versus a simultaneous attack, arm bar versus a softening impact, defensive versus offensive, and so on. So many choices, so many variations to try. At first I found these to be daunting, I mean how to do a technique creatively and effectively WITH CONTROL while making it work not just for me but using actual Kung Fu instead of the "me Hulk" mentality.
The control part I think is the hardest part. Sure I can smash my way through an application, but so can my opponent, and this very well could spell disaster for me. If he is bigger, stronger, faster, meaner, and I try to use brute strength instead of technique, game over. Working with different partners really highlights this for me. Size, weight, experience, intent, all play a part into the effectiveness of what I am doing if I am not using proper technique. If my technique is pure, then my opponent matters less, as it should work the same regardless of different attributes like size or whatever, to a certain extent. Sure if Andre the Giant was coming at me for a choke hold I would probably use a different technique than if PeeWee Herman was trying to choke me. But I would still use technique.
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