a note on Dengfeng's 3rd sectionssssss...
we already talked and said much about Dengfeng people breaking and adding 3rd sections to forms, a few things should be noted here:
1. such 3rd parts have been added not only to da luohan, but to big pao ang tong bi quan as well, in wicked attempts to make them 3 parts.
2. not all people's 3rd sections are the same. though all people do the same about the first 2 sections of the forms (which are actually the original frame if the form), they show different 3rd sections.
3. these 3rd sections have poor technical content. either for their daluohan, big pao, and big tong bi quan, they've added useless techniques, like they do an awkward 3 consecutive punches in them, they face each direction and do 3 stupid consecutive punches on just 1 leg (T stance)!!! couldn't have been worse!
anyway, don't matter. these are not original Shaolin.
Taolu structure and shen fa
to clear some things up on my side, I always trust and respect the structural integrity of Shi De Yangs curriculum. and when I saw him, a lot of his movements reminded me of my first teacher, so he stood out to me as I understood his shen fa, transitional postures, steps etc....
Shi De Cheng and Shi De Jian as well, as I have had experience with their students which proves their movements translate the core essence of the taolu they learned.
and Shi De Jun to an extent, at least for taolu I can relate to like Da Luohan.
Shi De Yangs structural integrity stands true, regardless of the story lines or gaps in dvd classes (of which I personally think are obscured purposely for the 'outside' audience) ,
what counts with taolu is 1. do they work in practice? meaning will they build the CORRECT foundation and fluidity if trained repeatedly.... 2. do they work in application? if one attempts to extract and apply combat technique from Taolu, are they designed and TAUGHT correctly so that the combat information is intact and transmitted effectively to the student....
Amituofo