Modified Box Form- transcript

The Warrior is not afraid of being afraid. He accepts it, looks it in the eyes, and challenges it. Refusing to be a hostage in the hands of one’s fears is the act of a Warrior. -Daniele Bolelli, On The Warrior’s Path


Today's FOD is Leopard Three.




+Modified Box Form (CC's version)

(Note that entire form should be done as one continual smooth motion, with energy carrying in a single stream throughout)

Begin standing straight facing north, arms at sides.

Step out with left foot into high horse. Bring both arms up to cross in front of chest and then pull out to armpits, palms facing each other.

Turn to rt (east) and drop weight onto left foot for cat stance. Rt elbow glues to ribs, left hand moves so that you retain the previous palm-to-palm orientation. (left hand on top)

Step rt foot fwd into front stance, stab both spear hands at head height to east on a slight upward angle.

Turn left, all the way around to face south without moving feet (you are now in a deep scissor). Rt hand scoops over and turns palm-down, so that when you end the movement, you are holding a "basketball" in front of your belly. The arm-swirls are big, but not TOO big (not at full extention). This is a throw. Note that you are hooking your arm under the opponent's armpit so that you can throw hir with one arm instead of needing two.

Little hop to unwind your feet and go into horse stance. Smack your palm-heels together with your elbows sticking out. Rt palm is angled toward your left hip, and wrists twist sharply as your hands slap together.

Keeping palm heels glued together and fingers spread, elbow strike with left elbow to east. As the elbow strike lands, hands come apart.

Right arm does a complete cover of head and then rechambers at waist.

Left Leopard fist across your own chest (thumb up) to west.

Left hand moves to right jaw in a Black-Crane-ish guard pose. Step left foot behind right in a scissor. Rt backfist diagonally upward above head to west.

Swiftly move both hands palm-to-palm at rt hip as if holding a cantelope. Continue the swift curving trajectory back up to your left shoulder, then use the momentum to hop 180 degrees so that you land facing north in a front lunge with the left foot fwd. Torso is angled slightly northwest.

The "cantelope" is pulled down from your left shoulder to be held in front of your solar plex.

Shift to forward stance facing northeast, rt foot in front. Rt hand kinks at wrist (toward little finger) and sweeps around at arm extention, waist level, to clear as you turn. As you finish turn, that hand chambers at waist. Left hand is doing a ridge hand strike at waist level, propelled by the turn. You are striking to the east.

Draw left foot into rt and stand in a very narrow cat with weight on rt foot. As you pull foot in, Rt hand is scooping beside your rt knee. Left hand is drawing back to left hip so that it has room to palm-heel violently in a downward diagonal beside your right knee. As you strike, the right hand is finishing the scooping motion with a firm pulling-up motion. That hand finishes in a fist at your rt hip.

Turn left to the west in a cat stance (left foot in front), bring both loose hands up (palms facing each other) to cross shallowly at throat. Pull them back apart to shoulders.

Step fwd into front stance, left foot in front. Rt spear hand strike shoulder level to west.

Grab and pull back with rt hand. Left palm-heel strike to west, shoulder level. Fingers to the outside.

Rt palm-heel strike to west, shoulder level. Fingers to the outside.