"The combat motion can look like dance if you do it softly with finesse and when you put the strength back, it's combat." […]kung-fu is all circular, so I take the fighting out of it, I take the fists out of it, open the hands, and take the power out of it, and it almost looks very dance-like." |
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© Photo by Gérard Châtaigneau From Figure Skating: A Celebration by Beverly Smith |
Will the judges ever fully understand that martial arts are a form of expression just as classical dance is a form of expression? |