I've seen as many different spellings on this as I have variations of this form.

Anyway, I just got a pile of Wong Hun Fun's books in and noticed that in this form, every kick he does, he grabs his toes and holds that kick for just a second. I have seen this as a shin kick, a push kick (the way I learned it) and even a jump front kick before.

As many know forms were invented as conditioning exercises to train ones body to fight, that's why so many traditional forms have to many repetitive moves in them.

Aside from the obvious flexibility benefit to grabbing the toes, does anyone else have input on why the form was done this way?