Transferring a weapon form to another weapon is something that I've always liked doing, whether it was with the stick form with nun-chucks, or a sword form with a stick. I've just found it fun to do, and a good way to make me think about how a form works. That's what I'm doing this year for my weapon form. I am taking my stick form from last year and reworking it into a cane form. This one has proven to be more difficult, but not in the way I thought it would be. I thought it would be difficult to translate some of the moves over, but that's not giving me much trouble. The difficult part is getting the moves to look like they fit with the cane, as I can do them just fine, but they look out of place with a cane. The biggest spot in my form that this is apparent is near the middle, where I have the "strike-cross step-block" section from stick III. I have been told that it looks weird when doing it with a cane, so I have been trying to find something different to replace it with while still being able to finish off the form in the same way. I have come up with a move, but it seems to end up in a different stance every time I do it, so I'm not too sure if it's going to stay.
Master McNeill has always been an advocate of this method. When he first introduced me to his cane system, he advised me not to learn his cane form first but rather adapt my broadsword form to the cane.
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying watch you re-build this form.
ReplyDeleteI also like mixing weapons in forms. One year in the IHC I did Da Mu Hsing (1+2) with a bokken.
ReplyDeleteA great way to get a feel for a weapon.
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