Evolution is a natural part of the Kung Fu journey. Over time, our techniques change a little as our bodies age and we adapt to injuries or other limitations. It doesn’t make us less of a martial artist though. As long as we are moving forward and keeping an open mind, we will continue to grow and improve.
The same can be said for techniques or forms. Over time we find better ways of doing them, or adapting them. And change can be hard when we have been doing something the same way for a long time. However, the exciting part of Kung Fu are these adaptations or changes. I love how I have to look at it from a new perspective and make it work for me.
But I see frustration in students sometimes when we change things and they wonder why we do to this to them. They feel they are just starting to understand something and then we pull the rug out from under them and point them in another direction. We do this because the discover better ways of doing things. The key is to take a deep breath, and remove our ego so that we can see how this new direction can improve us.
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