I am really enjoying learning to use the butterfly knives as my weapon this year. Practising different strikes and blocks to become familiar with the weapon has been helpful for me to get the feel for them as I begin to develop my own form. Creating my own form is challenging and yet also very rewarding at the same time. Currently I am mostly in the challenging phase as I try to piece everything together so that it makes sense. I am looking forward to when it all comes together so that I can start to fine tune everything and also reminding myself to appreciate the value in getting there.
One of the techniques I've been working on the flowering pattern which is proving to be more of a challenge than I anticipated. Numerous crossed eyes and tongue out moments. The technique requires a lot of coordination, perseverance and practice. When faced with a challenge, I don't like to give up and because of that I dug my heels in, went to work and thankfully have made some progress.
Having a weapon in both hands is providing some valuable feedback. Including the ever challenging flowering technique. I can feel where I am stiff and linear versus circular. And I am developing an increased awareness of how my 4 quadrants work together and when they are not working to the best of their ability.
I am sensing a theme with regards to circular motions in all my forms and developing better harmony with my knees and elbows. Hmm... interesting thought. Do we choose our weapons or do the weapons choose us based on what we need?
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