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Originally Posted by shaolin-warrior
Forms at the novice levels, and I mean no disrespect by that term, are generally weak in content. So I can see your point of view if you're a colored belt ranking. If you're a first or second degree and your forms or katas haven't become increasingly violent in content, then your missing something. Either your just going Through the movements without any comprehension of what your actually doing, or your instructor isn't teaching you all that there is to learn from your system. What style do you study?
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I'm not questioning the level of violence or the amount of material in forms. It's just that forms seem to present stuff in a very formalized and stylized manner. When you see people sparring it's much looser with higher stances, different stances, faster movements, shorter movements, hands held up instead of on hips, etc. I'm just wondering why the difference? Why aren't the forms done closer to the way you would spar or the way the moves would look if you were fighting?