Shaking Up Your Forms Practice

[dancingalone]

Even do Chon-Ji where the floor pattern is in an unbroken circle instead of the traditional lines with 180 degree turns? Try it sometime. It's a simple adaptation that adds a lot of interest to how your feet need to move to stay in a circle. Obviously you can't compromise the straight ahead power the form is meant to teach.

Anyone else care to share any other tricks you can play with the basic Korean (kicho, chon-ji, palgwe il jang, etc) patterns to liven up training?

 

[terryl965]

I like to do mine going in the opposite direction and also doing them from the last movement to the first movement. This really makes you think about every single tech.

 

[Earl Weiss]

Friend of mine has dozens of variations.
Will use Chon Ji as an example but can be done with most.
Tiger - Front Snap kick before each punch
Dragon Jump / 180 Back piercing kick before each punch
White Dragon (White Dragons can't jump Just Back kick before each punch.
In a Box. All Steps, and turns are done jumping so you stay above the same spot.
Progressive - Good learning tool . Move 1, Then Moves 1,2, Then Moves 1,2,3, etc.
Distraction - People yell, throw target pads at you while you do the pattern
Eyes closed
Mirror image
Reverse Order.
Keeping target pad balanced on head.

 

[rlobrecht]

Our Kyosanim always jokes about having the kids do their patterns in reverse order. I'm impressed that people really do that.

 

[ralphmcpherson]

a lot of people at my club do team form and do a form backwards. I saw 4 people do koryo backwards recently they did it in such a way that its like synchronised swimming. It looked pretty impressive.

 

[DMcHenry]

I've done forms backwards and mirror image, angles, blindfolded, etc.

Does make it very interesting.

 

[JWLuiza]

Create a counter form and do it as a partner set. You might have to change the stepping pattern to maintain contact, or only maintain the partner set for a small subset of the form.