What are people's opinuions and throughts on performing the dummy form without the use of the dummy? What are the advantages? Do you perform it in a slightly different way because you don't have a solid object to hit. ie you dont have to move around a solid object.

My own personal opinions is that there can be alot gained from performing the air dummy. You could argue that it combines all the training needs from all 3 forms in terms of positioning, use of energy/power, stepping, shifting, encompases all hand and foot techniques. Ontop of that you have the beneft of it being application based.

Performing the air dummy can can properly use full extension of your techniques to release the energy.

Anyway I hope this is a useful thread.

Regards