this is a waring to everyone watching this video. *Nobody cares when you say it's not practical. At the end of the day these folks no well and clear that spinning and fancy tricks are not useful for real combat, so stop hating and saying that they think that. Everyone practices for different reasons.*
OK, here’s what I don’t understand about modern forms, be they weapon or empty-handed. The form is supposed to depict a fight against opponents, correct? I see flips and things that I could never exploit, myself. I see weapons being spun and thrown in the air. Marvelous displays of athleticism, but would those things be done in a fight? I know people that would exploit that stuff.
Not all of the form is meant to be used in a fight. A form is a cerimonial dance meant to show the culmination of all your learned skills. The backflips and spins and throws are all tricks done to simply demonstrate your mastery of the weapon. It would be much more boring to the audience without all those flashy moves. If you look carefully you'll see several pracrical blocks and strikes incorporated into the form as well.
@@AegisNova What the other guy is saying about forms is categorically wrong, your initial comment is considerably more accurate than his. Backflips, spins, and throws do not demonstrate mastery over a weapon any more than juggling bowling pins demonstrates mastery over bowling. There are no practical blocks and strikes incorporated into the form because there is no practical way of dual wielding fully weighted staff weapons, and this performance is enabled entirely because what he is using does not approximate the weight or behavior of a real weapon. To Presley's credit, throwing out the thin veneer of martial realism that other performers have by dual wielding staffs makes him a considerably better performer than the others on this channel. Frankly, I think he blows nearly everybody else out of the water in that respect.
