If you freeform form - why bother...
I am not even begin to believe I understand why the higher ups do what they are doing...I am sure they have a reason...
The forms flow reasonably well, the differences between the techniques is clear, so my arsenal gets stocked while I am still learning to walk.
Then as I get more sure footed I get to make up my own (Besides, crossing arms does it even have a practical approach? Besides exercising your range of motion in a low impact way?)
It's a mental thing for me: Keep the ever more complex forms together, while not forgetting to breath, keep me focused (because if I get distracted, I forget where I am) It's the compulsory, before I get to play with sparring and board breaking I have to do my homework.
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