skribs
Grandmaster
While I can practice a lot of techniques at home, I find forms are the hardest. I live in a condo, so I have no yard. The best space available for me to practice forms is an 8'x5' space. Considering my stride is about 4' long in front stance, I need a space about 3 or 4 times as big in each direction for effective practice.
What I have been doing is practicing the form with the upper body positions correct, but the length of my stride is only heel-toe instead of front stance. While this can get me decent practice, I don't feel 100% sold that it's great practice.
Practicing outside is a possibility for only 3 months out of the year where I live. It's too cold and wet the rest of the year. My options are my parents' yard or the park. I find the yard to be okay, but I'm wearisome of practicing martial arts in public (fear of "hey, you know martial arts? show me what you got!" type challenge).
How do you guys practice your forms at home?
What I have been doing is practicing the form with the upper body positions correct, but the length of my stride is only heel-toe instead of front stance. While this can get me decent practice, I don't feel 100% sold that it's great practice.
Practicing outside is a possibility for only 3 months out of the year where I live. It's too cold and wet the rest of the year. My options are my parents' yard or the park. I find the yard to be okay, but I'm wearisome of practicing martial arts in public (fear of "hey, you know martial arts? show me what you got!" type challenge).
How do you guys practice your forms at home?