Nowadays, it is very common to see students moving into learning sword, saber, spear and so on right after they have finished learning the Tai Chi form. Within a short 1 year a student would have had learned the form and several weapons. It appears student today are more interested in quantity than quality.
In the past, a student was not allowed to learn anything else until the student had sufficiently mastered the form which required good awareness of internal body. Weapons were considered as an extension of body and were not allowed until mastery of own body had been achieved. Quality was more important than quantity then.
However, time had changed. People has fewer patient and different objectives o learning Tai Chi Chuan. Instructors have no choice but to cater for this change. Is it a right thing to do allowing students to proceed learning weapons before they have truly mastered the form and body? I don't have the answer. I guess it all boils down to the objective of the student taking-up Tai Chi Chuan. Instructor should assist student to attain his/her objective and not impose the instructor's own agenda.
However, it is my sincere hope that within these quantities there exist a group of people who want quality and willing to walk the traditional part of acquiring Tai Chi kung fu. When they do, instructor must not keep secret and should assist in whatever way they can.
Happy training friends.
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