So forms and fighting do look different?
Sorry to be difficult, I think the point of my question might have been misunderstood.
I'm not thinking of your mentality or how forms are used or what you should be thinking about, I'm just wondering; Do the moves in forms resemble the actual application?
When a kickboxer punches or kicks a heavy bag, it looks a lot like how he uses it in the ring. When a boxer does drills with the focus mitts or shadow boxes, he moves pretty much the same way he would move in the ring. When a kung fu person does the stances, kicks and punches in his forms; does it look similar to sparring and fighting?
I know that there are kung fu systems that make a point of practicing the same way they fight but I get the impression that this isn't universal and I'm wondering what is the reason for possibly doing something one way in a form and doing it a different way in application.
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