Originally Posted by
TenTigers
I believe that is the main difference between how Lama uses its techniques, and how Lama influenced styles might use them.
The structure may be the same, but the body angling,shifting and most especially, the footwork is what sets it apart.
My personal opinion, (and I might be completely alone in this) is that it was originally taught, but over the years was forgotten. As we've discussed, priorities and emphasis has changed in TCMA over the past several generations-but that's another topic.
The reason I believe that it was originally taught is the fact that I just find it hard to believe that a the people who researched and developed such arts as Hung-Ga, Choy Li Fut, Jow-Ga, etc would place such care and time into their art and then just say, "Oh, let's just throw these punches too," and ignore the angles, set-ups, follow ups, footwork, etc that make them so effective.