Learning Zang Du Moon

[pegkerr]

Last night at the red belt class, pazlazuli started teaching us Zang Du Moon (the translation is "Beginning of Mission"--or was it "Begin the Mission"? And am I spelling it right?). Here is a video of Fiona doing it:

It is extremely interesting to start actually doing a form I've been observing for at least a year, as the girls have been learning it. As I joked last night to pazlazuli, I know all the right places to photograph this form (as I've been taking pictures for the belt tests) but that's quite different from actually doing it. It employs a lot of blocks that I've never used before, and I get dreadfully confused as to what folds to use before each step. That's not surprising my first time through; I know it will take me some time to master it. pazlazuli told me I did a pretty good job remembering as much as I did.

This one is going to be fun.

Comments

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

I'm curious. What do you mean by "folds"?

[aome.livejournal.com]

I'm still amazed at how much goes into a single form. Also, given how much Fiona is moving around (in terms of square footage) while she's doing it, how on earth is there room for everyone in a class to have enough space?

Btw, with regards to your other post, I think a 50th-birthday black belt would be awesome. Is that a reasonable timeframe?