Fascinating

So it's been scary trying to put together a form for a weapon I know nothing about. I have felt like a fake doing a performance and it eats at my confidence.  So I have been seriously studying the philosophy behind the movements. Did you know that the reason the form is so linear and has such limited foot movements is because originally it was practiced in rice fields.  So in the rows between the rice plants, where it is muddy and slippery, where big foot movements could have you quickly sitting in the mud.  That's fascinating!  And it helps me in designing the form, now I am in a rice field, it makes me aware in a totally different way.  I am really enjoying studying the style and learning the patterns and they have cool names as well.  It's still pretty slow in comparison to what I see on utube but it is coming toghether mentally as well as physically.