Stupid Sounding

I know this is going to probably sound really stupid, but over the last several weeks I’ve been working on refining a couple parts in my Kwan Dao form.  The “stupid” sounding part being that I can’t actually do it physically so how much can I actually be working on it. 

A while ago I asked Sihing Lindstrom to help me try out a couple different ideas, just to see if it was a possibility.  From there I’ve been “practicing” it in my head, tweaking and fine tuning here and there.  Smoothing it out and trying to envision how it will all flow and work in real life.

Prior to surgery I was feeling pretty good with my Kwan Dao.  I felt I was starting to understand how to work with it, rather than against.  To use its weight and size as an advantage, rather than in a way where it was a burden. So going into this, I think I was in a pretty good place to be able to “feel” the movements, without actually doing them.  Something I’ve also been doing is slowing the movements down at a speed where everything is clean and connected, but also defined.  Once I add the physical component back in, I will be trying to emulate this pace in order to bring these qualities to my form.

I won’t truly know until I’m able to test it physically.  So this may have all been for naught.  But if it does work out how I’ve been practicing in my head, it’s going to be awesome.