Re: Do all Martial Arts require forms???

Seen much Ziranquan? Yiquan? Tongbei? Chin-na? How about Shenda?
Spiritual kung fu? What about styles that are patterned? Pattern is
not the same as form. Gong and Yao are the two forms but they dont
imply movement. They denote that one set of patterns are for
cultivating internal energy, usually after the
psycho-physical-emotional aspects of animals. The other develps the
gong or gung which are the manifestations (what you see on the oustide)
of the internal energy. For instance, leopard might combine yang and
yin wood and yin water. There is a posture where you point your finger
into your open palm of the left hand. This is a variation of the
"parasol" mudra which is when you place the right index finger in the
center of the left palm with the left palm spread (an internal tiger
claw which stretches the meridians without cutting off chi flow to the
fingertips). A energy worker might train this similar "gong" pattern
with the sword finger to develop the energy projection of the finger,
while feeding the energy back into the body. If it was martially
oriented, your hand would obviously suffer damage. Its obvious that
the former posture is based on older seated taoist or tantra. And
there are other evidences. Not all martial arts have forms. "Kung fu"
doesnt have forms they are called Kuens or Chuans. Some have Roads.
Others have Patterns. Others teach in levels or layers. Which is the
case of the emei white tiger tai chi. The terms are not arbitrary they
are specific to a certain principle underlying what you see on the
outside.

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