by Dvivid » Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:00 pm
I asked a freind for you, and he said:
"I had asked this question myself when first encountering the book and VHS. They are different forms. The form in the Book of Master Liang is how we were taught it and I believe that it is known as the long linking form. I have not encountered too many people (actually just one; the form of one master from Beijing I trained with was pretty close) who have trained the long form. I had wondered if Master Liang made it up to balance the left and right sides while practicing the form, as the other form is quite one sided. The form on the DVD is known as the short form. Its is the one you'll see most of the time performed with/in some variation from school to school."
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