Quote Originally Posted by YinOrYan View Post
Well said "To step outside your school, you must first step inside of it".

That said, I would add, search the variations for things that were lost from one's school.

Would love to see any videos of those two different variations of that form.
I find the form "differences" very interesting as well.

My background is in Okinawan Karate, and there are variations on forms as well. In Okinawa, the forms were modified by the teacher based on the student's attributes etc. After WW2, karate was taught for very good money in Okinawa and that is when things started to really get cemented in and "the way" of doing things".

I wonder if a form like this was also taught a little bit differently by each instructor and their emphasis and then "cemented" as the tradition was passed on.

I also agree that in the variations we can also see potentials of what the form can teach and show us.