Category Archives: Forms

Most of the time when we practice forms in groups, we do the same form.  It looks good to see a bunch of martial artists doing the same thing at the same time – just as it looks good to … Continue reading →

Forms are an exaggeration… in a good way.  The idea is to get students to exaggerate a motion (or an idea) so that they gain a better understanding of it. Mo Yut Do is a great example.  One of the … Continue reading →

Pak Sil Lum 6 (Translates as Northern Shao Lin Form #6) is a wonderful competition form.  It has sweeps, jump kicks and all sorts of cool looking fist shapes. The video to the right (click the photo to watch it) … Continue reading →

If absence makes the heart grow fonder then it follows that complication makes the brain appreciate simplicity. Once you’ve learned a form it’s often fairly easy to breeze through it without paying much attention to detail.  You know the form.  … Continue reading →

In case you haven’t heard – all June and July we’re doing the staff form during Thursday’s form class.   But wait!  The students in that photo aren’t doing a form!  They are clearly swinging sticks at one another.  Yes… we’re … Continue reading →