I can recall numerous times in the past where an instructor would tell me to not overthink and just let my body move naturally. These conversations usually took place when I was having trouble remembering a sequence in an application. I struggled with applying the advice as I had trouble get past the need to do everything correctly.
Fast forward to Tuesday nights class. This is where the magic happened!
We worked on an application with a partner with the intent of applying an earlier lesson of the night. And as I stood in front of my partner, I was having trouble figuring out what lead to be in and deciding whether or not I should be projecting forward. It was a familiar application that I hadn’t done in a while and I wanted to get right. After a few mediocre attempts my focus shifted to the lesson of the night. As I applied our concepts of form to the application - bam, magic happened. My body moved through the sequence naturally and suddenly my feet and body did what they needed to do. I wasn’t worried about how to step or thinking about which foot went where.
After going back and forth a few times I quickly realized that I was getting caught up with the ease and flow of the sequence. I still needed to be aware of my intent and survive the initial attack. Afterwards this got me to thinking about flow and the role intent plays when trying to develop flow in our forms. The knowledge and lessons have always been there and through a sequence of events my understanding of flow has expanded and will help me as I continue to work on flow within my forms.
After all those years of being told not to overthink, I finally get it.
Totals
Push ups & Sit ups: 905/13150
Hand form: 9/205
Weapon form: 14/202
KM: 28/397
AOK: 34/436
Sparring: 5/87
Blogs: 1/16
Yoga: 0/7.5 hrs
Tai Chi: 16/235
MM:25/319
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