Posted by: bcihak
sword forms - 02/14/10 04:19 PM
For those of you who do sword forms in your style of chinese martial art, in particular Tai chi chuan, are you interested in application or are you in it for more meditation or excercise. The reason I ask is that I am currently doing DTS kali. Before I chose to do this I was looking at chinese styles because I have always been interested in learning how to use swords. I have tried western fencing, and I was in iaido for about six years before starting this style of kali.
I decided against the chinese styles for two reasons, 1) it seemed as if it would take several years to get to the point where I could learn the sword techniques, and 2) the application of the technique seemed to be missing. There was one school, that I saw here on the forum, with video of a girl doing a sword form and at the end of the video they had some application. I went there to check out the school and it verified the two points above. So, I am curious. Is application important to your enjoyment of your sword forms or is it a small consideration to your overall training. Thanks.
I decided against the chinese styles for two reasons, 1) it seemed as if it would take several years to get to the point where I could learn the sword techniques, and 2) the application of the technique seemed to be missing. There was one school, that I saw here on the forum, with video of a girl doing a sword form and at the end of the video they had some application. I went there to check out the school and it verified the two points above. So, I am curious. Is application important to your enjoyment of your sword forms or is it a small consideration to your overall training. Thanks.