first form
after 4 months of training, i finally graduated past the ‘basic moves’ and started learning my first ‘form’. the basic moves are the 15 or so standard movements that are the foundation for forms. you learn to do each move by repeating them over and over…continuously learning the nuances of each and slowly improving. i’m far from perfect on all of them.
the one i really suck at is ‘ceshoufan’, which is your basic cartwheel. i’ve been dreading it because i can’t do anything inverted. i’ve only just now learned how to do a handstand, which i can only do leaning against a wall (not freestanding). anyways, i’m practicing a little bit every day and seem to be making some progress.
the forms are the fun part, though. it’s many different short movements combined into a long routine. it looks really cool.