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Old 04-15-2012, 06:40 PM   #13
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Re: Chen Style Seminar Video

In that particular style of taiji Mr. Calandra is representing, they emphasize a lot of training of basic foundation exercises to condition the body to move according to the principles/restrictions of their style; the form is the natural progression of learning to use your conditioning and 'internal energies' in many different situations/variations/angles/levels/etc. that could occur in live situations.

They have basic foundation exercises to condition your body to move according to their style's principles where you can ' focus on the internal energies that lead to the physical manifestation of form' and connections, but if you want to be able to use those connections and conditioning in live situations then the next step would be to learn the form - thats where you really learn the skills. Without doing the necessary basic training, you will not be able to learn anything. If he tells you to rotate here, and you cant... whats the point? The form was designed to explore those 'internal energies' and connections you develop in basic foundation conditioning in a wide variety of different angles/levels/positions/stances/etc. Without learning the form, you will not know how to apply the conditioning you developed in the basic foundations.

Different arts have their own basic exercises to develop and condition the body according to their strategy and techniques/applications.
Different arts also have their own form/vessel/container for the purpose of exploring that conditioning in movement and in interaction.

It seems to be pretty standard progression.

Last edited by DodgingRain : 04-15-2012 at 06:51 PM.
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