When I walk on dry concrete I walk normally. When I walk on ice, I walk entirely different. Concrete is long easy relaxed stride looking at the world around me, walking on ice is akin to being a long lost relative of a penguin, short choppy steps while looking at my feet and legs. Now I could walk on concrete the same way I walk on ice but that would not only look ridiculous but it would be a total waste of energies. I could also walk on ice the way I walk on concrete but that would be down right dangerous. So they each have a place and a purpose. Used correctly, the world is good, used incorrectly, well....
This is the way I tend to think about my stances in our many forms. Our long stance in Lao Gar may feel like it works in Da Mu Hsing but I can also feel it is not correct. A wider stance might work in Lao Gar, so why not use it? Cause It feels wrong. Well after being part of a conversation about this, a light went on a little brighter in my mind.
I have been playing with this lately and boy does it mess with my vectors. And after a little enlightenment from Master Briker I now understand a little better as to why. Linear versus rotational, the stances support this. LauGar is a linear vector form verses Da Mu Hsing is rotational. Now I in no way can explain this correctly because to me it is all about visualizing the flow of my movements and feeling the placement of my stances. Every once in a while I will look in a mirror to "see" if what I am doing matches what I am feeling (it rarely does). Too wide, too deep, not long enough, too tall, heel up, so on so on so on. But now I have another tool to use to fix this, my intent of vector. Width, length but not depth. Time to build another tape box on my basement floor so I can work on this.
Hope what I have put here in words makes so sense, it was like trying to juggle snowflakes to put this into sentences.
P/up - 9967
S/up - 9840
Spar - 160 min
1609 km - 443.28 km
Aok - 300 recorded
Hand form - 75
Weapon form - 90
Mastery - 8
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