During this focus, we've been challenged to play around with different things and experiment...to tweak things here and there to see what feels good to us.
Now I initially wrote "see what works"...but that wasn't quite right. That would imply that other methods, or other variants....or even the original intention of the form...DON'T WORK and might be wrong for me. But I don't think that's the right approach.
What feels good (or better) is a very personal thing. And it may only feel right because it happens to be the easiest way when I'm first starting out. So although I really do like playing around with different things and experimenting...there is infinite value in that...but I definitely caution myself in making "what feels right" into an absolute.
Our forms were designed and developed by others before us. Others much more talented and insightful than I, that's for sure. And so I am not only challenging myself to experiment with adjustments that might feel better...but I also challenge myself to stay true to the form and try and figure out why the creator thought THAT way was better. Sure it feels better if I take a step with that open X at the end of LG3 (as a specific example of what I'm getting at). But the form itself does not have a defined step. So how do I get that same feeling of strength and power without it?
Really this is all just a progression in how to challenge myself and not just sit in an absolute answer because it feels good in the moment.
First, make some tweaks as needed to get the intended technique to work and feel right. Good...now I have an idea of what it should feel like.
Now go back, and take those changes away, and STILL try to get the intended technique to work and feel right.
What challenge comes after that, I'm not sure. That's above my "pay grade" at the moment.
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