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Why do you say a box pattern for?
...or is there something i have missed a glimpse of phantoms in the mist. Traveling down a dusty road bent forward with this heavy load..
BC if it is the same one, then it is one of only two form/Kata in the SDA system I know of that moves in a box/square pattern. If not then it is snake form/kata, I haven't seen but I would be willing to bet it is the same one. I am just curious.
Last edited by beng; 05-11-2014 at 07:05 AM.
Ok, so how long ago did you see the one you know of?
...or is there something i have missed a glimpse of phantoms in the mist. Traveling down a dusty road bent forward with this heavy load..
I've seen that form too. It is short and compact moving in four directions (I assume that's what is meant by "box pattern"). I never learned it myself. I was told it was different than Golden Snake, and believe it to be. There was also a Horse form that I've seen that I believe came from Hiang The, but I could be mistaken. Never learned that one either.
JP, yeah same one. I don't think it has any thing to do with golden snake. I also saw the horse form at the same time.
I always find it funny about SD, most of us have seen so much that we can't do ..again I must say I enjoy our basics most of all, whereever they came from...
...or is there something i have missed a glimpse of phantoms in the mist. Traveling down a dusty road bent forward with this heavy load..
That's always been one of the most effective criticisms of SD. No matter what you think of the origins of the system, the efficacy of what is taught is always the primary point. And if you learn so much material that it is impossible to keep worked up and effective, then it starts to lose its point. At one time I had a schedule where I would work on all my material in a given week. Just to go through the forms I had learned once would equal 15 to 20 hours a week of training. Unless you are a full time instructor, that type of schedule is difficult to maintain. I've forgotten more forms than some systems have....
The way the basics are put together really allows a person to grow, if they work them and not just push rank..
...or is there something i have missed a glimpse of phantoms in the mist. Traveling down a dusty road bent forward with this heavy load..