I enjoyed the article in the magazine about the Slow Sparring Game because I have done something very similar before (under the late Charles Blodgett of Mo Duk Pai) and liked it and shared it but had never seen an analysis of it.
The point about previous arts coming out under pressure is very true but I hadn't considered it in this context. In my JKD class the other day we were doing kali techniques at perhaps half-speed and I was doing them as the instructor asked. Then we kicked up the speed and all of a sudden I was doing Modern Arnis instead--similar, but different. Trying to fight that urge to do it according to old habit only made things worse!
Speaking of which. 'Flow' is a major aspect of Modern Arnis as well.
The point about previous arts coming out under pressure is very true but I hadn't considered it in this context. In my JKD class the other day we were doing kali techniques at perhaps half-speed and I was doing them as the instructor asked. Then we kicked up the speed and all of a sudden I was doing Modern Arnis instead--similar, but different. Trying to fight that urge to do it according to old habit only made things worse!
Speaking of which. 'Flow' is a major aspect of Modern Arnis as well.