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Well in the yin video he does lift his heel definitely not mud stepping and some will say mud stepping is a training tool others say it is a contemporary method of walking.
There was a video of taoist circle walking I believe from the longmen pai and chanting and the walking is a normal type of walk definitely not mud stepping. I am a big advocate for as close to natural as possible but I understand that different situations and terrains can alter how you step.
 
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I think the linear form I recall I did was the kun or trigram it was many years ago I found it to be less flowing and more like straight blasting more in line with Xingyiquan or karate if I had to compare
 

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From what I've read, I think Gao style has 64 short linear forms and 8 short forms for the circle (like single palm change, double palm change, etc.). There's other stuff too, like drills, linking forms, etc.
 
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In gao style I learned the first two palms and I guess first kun or trigram and their method of circle walking I could not get much into it because the slide step was like the leg was kept straight and like slipping on a banana peel with the back angled very strange.
All I could think was if someone stepped like that with the leg straight I would just stomp on the knee. Or hook the leg or single leg pick up just seem not practical.
 

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