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Originally Posted by Thai Bri
Why do you do them? What do you get out of them?
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The forms as I've come to understand them (at least for me in Wing Chun) serves as a measuring stick to what I have to do and where I have to be at any given situation (
If something comes at you from this angle you do this, if something comes from that angle you do that..etc..). Given that Wing Chun is based on principle and not squarely on technqiue, it only makes sense that you go over your principles every so often. Boxers do this also when they do shadow boxing. Boxers will Box against an imaginary opponent while developing their timing, reaction, and what have you. You can say its for stamina and physical conditioning, but the underpinnings for reaction fighting is there. Now, the one thing to remember in "forms" (at least as how i approach it) is that its ENTIRELY THEORETICAL. The reality of it comes fourth in an actual fight. So its safe to say that "forms" are "theory" and fighting is "reality". This is how I've come to approach it in my training in wing chun. I cant speak for any other arts, but my own.
-S.A.