I am involved in a pretty good discussion on a mantis forum about forms, and I thought I would bring it up here. Many people begin teaching forms on the very first class, while others wait up to several months to start teaching actual forms. What is your take on this? When do you start teaching/learning forms and why do you think this is important?
I'll lead off. Many schools begin teaching a form on the first visit, but at my school we wait 8 weeks to begin learning actual forms. The first 8 weeks is our Intro class and it is bassically just getting the person used to moving around, doing stances, pushups, situps, just general physical conditioning. After 8 weeks of this and learning some partner drills and "blitz's" we start teaching some very basic forms.
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I'll lead off. Many schools begin teaching a form on the first visit, but at my school we wait 8 weeks to begin learning actual forms. The first 8 weeks is our Intro class and it is bassically just getting the person used to moving around, doing stances, pushups, situps, just general physical conditioning. After 8 weeks of this and learning some partner drills and "blitz's" we start teaching some very basic forms.
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