Well...not really.
But....it feeeeeeeeeels shorter.
I have been waiting for the day that the 108 move form did not seem like an impossible task. I knew that eventually the form would seem shorter to me. That is how it has always been when I am learning a new pattern. When the students are learning a new Okinawa Kenpo form I ask "Does it feel shorter?". Pieces of the form seem familiar and patterns are emerging. The patterns were always there...I just did not see them.
Progress!
Since I wrote about my decision to continue Tai Chi, I took a deep breath and relaxed a bit. I am looking forward to discovering where this path will lead me.
5 comments:
I don't think of Tai Chi as something to accomplish, but rather something I practice.
Good job!
In time, it will make ALL your martial arts better!
D.R.
Rick: Your comments always make me stop and think. I appreciate your perspective. Thanks.
Dojo Rat: Thanks!
I know that feeling. Invariably, the first time I run a form all the way through from memory, I hit the end, stop, and say "Did I forget something? That was too short." Or at least think it loudly. What seemed impossibly long when I started learning it has become a short pattern of knowledge.
PB: Thanks for stopping by! It is a wonderful feeling when the perceived impossibly long pattern becomes possible.
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