New Book Coming: Taolu Practice for Kungfu
It has been a while since I have sat down to write any book. You may have noticed that I even neglect my blogging nowadays... I have, however, had enough time to think about what to write about next. I have chosen to write about form practice in Kungfu. In our general language we use the term "forms" to refer to those sequences of movements that are performed without an opponent. Kungfu people, however, call these sequences "sets". The word "forms" are usually used by Karate people when they refer to kata. In Karate the Japanese term kata is used while the Chinese term taolu is used by Kungfu practitioners. Kungfu forms are generally longer than Karate forms, though. In Karate we find that the traditional styles follow a very conservative approach to teaching and practicing forms. During the 80's some more progressive styles of Karate have appeared with acrobatic forms- performed to music, no less.....