Category Archives: Forms

My First Form

httpv://youtu.be/MLLg0N0_54 The first form I learned as a Mo Duk Pai student was Lim Po (translates as continuous step). The theme of the form is fluidity. It has since been deleted as a system requirement but I still train it … Continue reading

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Playful Opportunties

Staff form presents me with such a fun set of circumstances as a teacher.  get all of my students, outside, carrying a six foot long stick. What fun things can I make them do? Well obviously, we can learn the … Continue reading

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Outside

Staff form returns! From now until the end of July, we will be holding forms class outside so we can swing sticks around.  Class will still meet at the school but then we’ll jog to a park to train. Some … Continue reading

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Inside My Glass House

The wonderful part about taking videos of yourself moving is that you get to see what you actually look like when you move. There is no guessing or wondering. There is no wishing or hoping. It is just you on … Continue reading

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Punctuation

Today in kid’s class we drilled our forms as if they were stories.  Each move was a sentence, a complete thought that we attempted to convey to the audience.  With this idea in mind, we experimented with changing the punctuation … Continue reading

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