In TSD, largely all of the schools out there practice a performance based approach to their hyung. IMO, this is because the bulk of our hyung were changed from their original combative forms to a form that would offer a little more flash and look better in performance.
To get a better sense of what I'm talking about, take a look at these two hyung...
Here is a version of bassai that is close to what most tangsoodoin practice.
Here is a version of passai kata from a combative orientated okinawan-te style.
Note the large difference in performance. There certainly are similarities and differences, but I think that it is fairly obvious that the kata that we practice descended from a form that was very much like this.
With that being said, how much do you think the changes done for "performance" purposes affect the overall combative value of the hyung? Would it be worth reverting our hyung back to their pre-performance combative state or are our hyungs just fine?
To get a better sense of what I'm talking about, take a look at these two hyung...
Here is a version of bassai that is close to what most tangsoodoin practice.
Here is a version of passai kata from a combative orientated okinawan-te style.
Note the large difference in performance. There certainly are similarities and differences, but I think that it is fairly obvious that the kata that we practice descended from a form that was very much like this.
With that being said, how much do you think the changes done for "performance" purposes affect the overall combative value of the hyung? Would it be worth reverting our hyung back to their pre-performance combative state or are our hyungs just fine?