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After a year and a half I finally know all of the moves in our sword form. The last two or three are giving me fits as they are a combination of upward slices with steps. What keeps throwing me off is that the move is a forward progression, but the steps are two forward, one back, then finish forward in a 70/30 stance.

Practice, practice, practice.

Now that I know all of the moves I feel like I can start to concentrate on getting under the sword and getting my weight to sink into the ground. Currently I wave the sword around a bit and am generally off balance in almost all of the spins.

Perhaps I’ll do a photo essay on the form one of these days. It could prove to be a handy reference.