how do forms teach you wrong?
i don't understand your arguement?
no one said that learning a form will make you fight in that order of techniques?
forms are a reference guide to the techniques in each art?
it's then up to the practitioner to understand each technique through other exercises such as sparring.
yes they do teach you to apply them in a fight. Certainly in my art they do anyway.
yes i have tested this in different situuations from working on doors to debt collecting and just being a trouble maker on the streets....boxing gave me an understanding of violence, chinese martial arts gave me the understanding of different principles ranging from body mechanics to rooting to power generation to delivering the power, locking , ect, etc...
the fact is that if you don't understand them or are not willing to try them then you are missing out on a whole other level to martial arts.
Forms in one way or another have been practised by people for centuries, not just in chinese martial arts but throughout the world, including english quarter staff and short combinations used in fencing....these have all been tested in combat unlike some ' ringsports' that just don't get out of the sports arena?
open your mind, not just your mouth?!
regards
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