Traditional Forms and moves
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Originally posted by red5angel
makes sense to me, for the most part it's all short powerful shots that are no nonsense. No flower. The flower looks good but the quick stuff is what wins.
As for being tough and getting tough. I think it's a good idea. I'm not saying you shouldn't work on your defense but working with all these fancy blocks and dodges often times just gets you into trouble, sort of sets you on the defensive. In real fights atleast, taking the shots makes or breaks you.
I'm not a CMA practitioner really, I'd like some of you long term users views. In another thread lkfmdc wrote that you didn't see things like 'tiger style' being implemented, you saw more 'kickboxing' when he witnessed some fights. Red replied above that it should be expected, since in a fight you focus on 'power shots, and not flower'.
I don't think using the different styles as 'flower', but as a highly evolved form of fighting art that puts maximum power while maintaining full control. Would you see more traditional fighting methods such as stances and so fourth, if you have 2 or 3 highly proficient CMA masters?