"A
common problem with beginners' swordplay is concentrating on strategy
before mastering technique. This is like discussing chess strategy
before knowing all the pieces and how they move to take other pieces.
New students search for a trick to winning. However without technique
fully mastered and incorporated in one's mind-body, they lack the
ability and tools to change when their trick fails them. Likewise, if
their duifang has a trick of strategy they do not comprehend, they have
no way for responding to unexpected situations. This is the error of
putting strategy before technique in the study of swordsmanship. Before
thinking about strategy, students of swordsmanship must study each cut,
mastering them one at a time." ~ Scott M. Rodell
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