Quote Originally Posted by xinyidizi View Post
No need to do anything other than the forms. If you repeat them for 6 hours a day after a few years you will be able to break the opponent's leg with your first sweep or paralyze him by kicking the right spot.
wut.




Okay, so to answer YKW's question, teaching taolu is similar to teaching a great work of literature. Your students not only engage the text itself, but you have to explain the context, the history, the hidden assumptions.

Individual movements in taolu often have their own "commentary", which is the oral instruction of the teacher passed on to the student, and their own drills, which are meant to illustrate the context in which the movements are useful.

Taolu can be an aid to teaching and learning, but can't replace the actual instruction from the coach. This business of "interpreting" taolu is bull****.