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chee said:Use your imagination. Haven't you ever seen KF movies where people do a butterfly kick or some kind of aerial to multiple attackers running at them?
You can only make it up if you have some sort of a basic concept of what would work. There's always a counter to a counter to a counter as we learned in Chin Na which is also a part of our YCT training. It's in how you react to what's coming. We do study Shaolin's 12 basic forms as well as some other standard Shaolin forms Sifu Rob teaches us. To be a student of Yee Chuan Tao is to be versatile and think out of the box. Here's a question Sifu Rob Moses would ask us: have you ever tried doing Shaolin (or any of your own forms) in a phone booth? Well, you should be able to do them in any space, even in a phone booth.
Sure I've watched movies. Choreography isn't fighting however. So what is the application for that? I think in this case it has much more to do with the winning of plastic trophies rather than true martial application.
Anyway I'm curious as to the Shao Lin references. Which Shao Lin based systems are you referring to? Bak Sil Lum has 10 forms that I know of, but there are many, many styles and systems that claim Shao Lin/Sil Lum heritage. Also, has Sifu Moses ever tried his forms in a phone booth? How about his stick play thing?
Mike