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Just a quick comment on how much I am appreciating an approach that is free from limitations of any one particular style but which at the same time provides the fundamentals for success in any style.

There are pearls even in what appear to be basic conditioning practice.

For example I am just noticing how 'Scissors' would have been a really good set up prior to learning any form or weapons sets, and would have made making some movements more intuitive due to having already practiced body connection, extension and range of motion.

Wks 4-7: 

I have been exploring the effect of looking at, sensing, and exploring the foot couple. My experience has moved from sensing the foot as a passive object to experiencing it as a dynamic interplay of forces.

Standing
In Standing I’ve noticed a tension in my left hip and that side can’t ‘tense’ up as much as the right side, so I’ve been noticing that and just taking time throughout the day to do small sections of standing to keep that noticing active and it’s begun to change - a couple of times ‘my leg has dropped down out of my left hip’ then it seems to go back to what it’s used to but it’s different.