Re: turning here and there
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Originally posted by Tainan Mantis
mantis cool,
What I was referring to in large group practice where you notice"turning here and there" I thnk you will notice in your own forms, especially of weapons.
In large groups of weapon fighting forms, over 6 and maybe 100 people, you deal only with the person in front of you.
To insure that it is difficult to be struck from behind you must run forward as fast as possible, so you only have a strike or two on each opponent before you move on to the next one.
The running pattern is regulated by the form.
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this is in theme with the military origin you spoke of earlier.
this is cross culture and has been used by every military force in the world when they used 'hand to hand' weapons.
hmmm, there might be a parallel drawn between moving away from this methodology and the overall decreasing casualty rates
of wars throughout time....but I'm only on the first cup of coffee so I can't think any deeper on it at the moment.;)