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Yeah, I never understood those CMA peeps that do that.
I went from Hung Kuen to Kyokushin, to SPM and Hung Kuen again BUT I would never put done Karate.
Karate is an amazing base/core OR as solo...

The southern kung fu ties to Okinawan karate can't be denied, nor are they.
White crane and Five ancestors are the most common BUT also southern mantis and southern dragon ( Uechi-ryu).
That said,...

Contrast those with the early clips we have of the likes of Uechi and others of the Okinawan arts and you see the differences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjF66bbw-Q8

I think that it takes years to be able to beat another trained fighter ( more like 5 than 10 in my experience, but that is 5 years of daily training so maybe 10 is right for the 2 or 3 times a week...

One of the many legends that I was taught ( and this was probably true) was that because the teaching of "TE" was hidden and private, taught only within family circles, it was trained at night, in...

You may have a point, I heard that to ( and read about it).
IMO it does make sense BUT as you stated, it tended to be counter-productive in the long run.

To be honest, any fighting sequence done...

The only concern I have with some of the bunkai showed here ( and in other videos) is that when they try to explain some of the moves as grappling /throwing moves.
Look, it may be POSSIBLE to...