Chuilli, Kyo Sah Nim

ok so, I was fairly new to the teaching seen and i was feeling pretty good about myself cuz i didn't have to do this class anymore. so first time on my own. i have a class of like 25 kids, and i have one orange belt all to myself to go over his form. now this kid is squirming like NUTS, and im like...'sir, you alright?' he goes, 'yes ma'am'. he stops for alittle while but then keeps doing like the pee-pee dance. and i go 'sir, do you need to go to the bathroom!?!??!' 'uhhhh...no ma'am." so im like whatever, we continue on, i ask him a few terminology questions about the form then ask him to get in the ready stance, and all of a sudden i see a shadow form on the carpeted floor. and im standing there like, you have got to be kidding me. and im like, go get your mother, or a toilet or something. and of course the mom comes busting in and is like im so sorry blah blah blah and cleaned it up but it was still a rough beginning for me. in tang soo, k.chuilli

Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do. right here. 2nd dan, kyo sah nim, of 7 years. what do you have a question with? in tang soo, K.Chuilli

well i agree with pretty much everyone. katas/forms/patterns/hyungs are essential to learning most martial arts, particularly traditional ones. one main thing they do is build muscle memory of these odd movements you would usually not do everyday in passing. secondly, forms aren't just movements you just do because your instructor said so, there is a term some japanese and chinese arts use called bunkai, and it is how the form you're doing applies to an actual fight. breaking down the bunkai,(how many people you're fighting, why you hit someone in a specific way, etc.) is the most mentally taxing thing, but when you're done, you know it and you know who you were fighting, why, and what movements you'd use. so when you actually get into a fight, if the time unfortunately comes, you know exactly what to do. and don't worry guys all art froms and disciplines have this, korean, japanese, chinese etc. atleast all the traditional ones will. in tang soo, K.Chuilli