Originally Posted by
lunghushan
Look, the reason I say, 900 forms ??? Is not because of the number of forms.
But how can you be a master of 900 forms? There's just no physical way. There aren't enough hours in the day.
You might be able to 'do' many forms, but you will not be able to do them correctly.
People in ancient times used to only usually master one weapon. The amoung of practice time for getting good at one weapon usually precluded mastering 2-3 weapons. Occasionally you'd find somebody who was really good at 2-3, who practiced an awful lot, but usually it was just one.
When you hear about famous generals or samurai who were good at spear, sword and bow, they spent all their spare time practicing and usually practiced full time as well. If you hold down a job there aren't enough hours in the day to practice.