form or stances, because

“Do not get caught up in form or stances, because real combat is for too fast and dynamic for that approach to work.”  - Peyton Quinn, Musashi Book of Five Rings: Explained in Plain English

Comment: Form and stances as with anything dealing in violence and its defense is more about the learning process of beginners, novices, and therefore must be forgotten once learned. This is another of those more esoteric forms of training, practice and the application of martial discipline. It is a pre-requisite to the true training, the true learning and the true application in real combat to defend against the fast and dynamic of violence. It is the root that the seed sets so that the tree may grow tall, strong and resilient.