Dave C. wrote:My teacher does know yilu maifu but he's told me that it's basically a demonstration form. It apparently doesn't improve your martial arts much because it's mostly just flashy. Of the three maifu forms -- yilu, erlu, and wulu -- erlu is considered the most essential with the other two being of lesser importance. I'm not interested in doing every form that we have, just the really good ones (haha), so I won't push to learn the yilu maifu form.
Dave C.
That's a funny take considering that yi lu and er lu share so many moves and combinations. How could one be for demo and one be for fighting? As for the parts that are different I think I prefer yi lu but that's just my opinion. I always liked er lu because it's the only form I have with a spinning back fist but the video above makes it look like a different technique. I've never heard or seen wu lu, anybody got any videos of that one?