December 27, Sifu Steve writes:
Dec. 27th., and day #19/100.
The Dragon is much more complex than the Snake, but not necessarily much longer. I make it out to be around 20 moves, which is roughly equivalent. Interestingly, the Snake incorporates Old Yang, Chen Xinjia (Yi-lu), and a tiny bit of traditional Yang; the Dragon has no traditional Yang, but otherwise has the foregoing as well as some Chen Cannon Fist (Laojia), both near beginning and at the end.
The Lotus Kick came in early, and I was wondering what to end with, since that kind of high energy usually is saved to the end of a form. However, I'm using King Kong Mailed Fist near the end, and that seems to balance it out nicely.
I think these two forms are certainly enough to keep me busy until CNY in February! I'll look at Tiger only nearer the end of the process. I have a feeling that what the Snake and Dragon are doing to me internally will have an effect on Tiger, hopefully to add some creative and artistic asymetrivality.
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