This section will cover the analysis of Short Form Two from an advanced perspective. Before continuing forward into this section, it is advised that the reader be very comfortable with the majority of information presented in the Beginning / Intermediate Analysis section and its methodology of analysis. It is the purpose of this section to expose the reader to information that is usually not openly presented by an instructor until later in a practitioner's training, or frequently only eluded to at some point during a review of the form with an instructor; or not at all. One may ask - why not at all? To be perfectly frank, some of the information contained in the forms was designed by SGM Parker to be self-exposed information. That is: information the practitioner was expected to deduce for them-self after being taught how to analyze the motion contained in American Kenpo forms - i.e. after the information and methodology of analysis presented in the Beginner / Intermediate Analysis section became common knowledge. The scenario for how this succession of information was supposed to work is as follows:
The instructor was to teach form 'x' to the student. This consisted of all the maneuvers along with some information about the maneuvers and how they generally fit into the American Kenpo system. Then, through repeated review, the instructor was to expose more information and also allude to the fact that their was still yet more information which needed to be uncovered by the student. At which point the student was then instructed to reflect further upon the form and ask questions to the instructor (and possibly other students) about the information deduced through this self-analysis. Through this process it was intended that the instructor would guide the student into self-exposing more and more information about the form - until all (or mostly all) of the information was exposed. And, ultimately the student became self-dependent - and completely able to think and deduce information on their own.
One may then further ask - if this is supposed to be mainly self-exposed information, why is this type of information illustrated in this section? Again to be perfectly frank, the above scenario didn't always completely work as intended - for numerous reasons. Most of which are self-evident to any serious, long term practitioner of American Kenpo. In the end, the final result was that, in general, less and less information was passed down to each generation further from SGM Parker. And, to make matters worse, the practitioners were not even aware of the fact that there was more information contained in the forms than what they were exposed to by their instructor. Therefore, this section can be used by instructors and advanced practitioners to reclaim, re-acquaint, refresh, and / or learn the 'lost' or 'hidden' information contained in the form.
As recommended in the Beginning / Intermediate Analysis section, the information presented in this section should be examined through numerous passes over a long period of time. Through this practice, the reader will often uncover new, overlooked information that was not readily apparent from a previous review. And, through repeated exposure and contemplation, the information presented will become easier and easier to absorb, while simultaneously improving self-discovery of information contained in the form.