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In martial arts, it’s remarkably easy to start writing poetry before we’ve learned the alphabet. Forms are beautiful. Routines feel complete. There’s a beginning, a middle, and an end. They give us the sense that we are doing something whole and meaningful. So people chase them. One more Tai Chi form. Another Ba Gua routine. A longer sequence. A rarer set. But without the alphabet, all we’re doing is copying shapes. The Alphabet of Skill Consider language for a moment. The En