Solvable or Unsolvable?

I’ve been trying to focus on a particular section of my Broadsword form recently. When I was building the technique I was looking at it from a Big Picture perspective: unwind from the previous move and cut leaving the sword low to create a false opening. 

Now I am trying to refine the details, trying to optimize it, but my left hand is causing me all sorts of issues. I know I want it to be involved and I know I want it to have rotation and rigidity, but what path it’s taking to accomplish that has so far been eluding me. 

- I have tried expanding during the technique but that throws off the motion of my hip paired with my sword

- I have tried rolling with the motion of the blade but that changes my stance, which makes the false opening less open.

- I have tried changing the angle of the sword during the transition but that wrecks the way I pivot into my stance

The more I play with it the more I realize I have created something with very challenging vectors. The wall that I seem to be hitting is a question of my own stubbornness, when do I admit the technique won’t work? Either A) What I want to try to do is not mechanically possible and I will need to compromise with this technique or B) This technique is full of insights and if I keep developing it and working at it I can improve my vocabulary of motion and knowledge.

Trouble is I have no idea how to distinguish between A or B given my current skill with the technique. I want to continue to work on it but I don’t want to invest excessive time or energy if it turns out to be A. 

I guess any time I’m working on it will be progressing my understanding, regardless of if I can “fix”the technique, like we say in science, negative results does not mean negative data. But I also want to acknowledge the fact that I have limited time (in a day, in a year, in my life) to train and I don’t want to spend it trying to solve an unsolvable problem.

Current Total

Push-ups

12682

Sit-Ups

12420

AOK

339

Km

951

Blogs

15

Sparring

31

Hand Form

130

Weapon Form

181

Repair Relationship

0



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