Personally, I dont see the differences as being to physical. Its more about concepts and theory (or strategy). In any real fight, you will never just leave your punch out there (like how someone suggested the chop choy is), and the same goes for longer arm strikes. The attack strategy should be quick, but with the correct force you want to aim for.
A fighter can take up a ‘less traditional’ fighting stance, and still apply the same ‘traditional’ strategies to his attack or strikes. This is still CLF then right? In the same way, a boxer could add some long rage swinging punches to his fighting method, and it will still be called boxing.
I see plenty of “ traditional” CLF strikes that are perfect for ring fighting. Also remember, a boxer might not be concerned with kicks, sweeps and take downs.
These style vs style arguments can be fun, but I think it can also become way to technical. Fighting should never be this technical.
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