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For example, in Chen Taijiquan, my instructor told me i have train the form before i could push hands, because it builds up the qi and sensitivity and i can learn what peng, lu, ji, an is otherwise i wont understand what is happening during pushhands. And before i even do the form, i have to do zhan zhuang/ mabu. Continuing with taiji as an example, if you havent built up the skill from pushhands, when you do taiji sanshou, it wont be taiji sanshou. You might win, but it wont be taiji, and you might as well just do normal sanshou.
No sense in rushing things, if you dont have one level, you cannot move on to the next, or else you will just fall apart.
B Red
see, that is what I am talking about. In bjj, you will roll within the first week. You won't understand ANY of what is going on, but you are getting exposed to it. As you train, you begin to understand. consequently, you are getting the knowledge, the skill and the conditioning all at the same time. same thing for judo and muay thai.