wow some great posts, its interesting to see whats important to us and at what times. i feel the things that used to be important to me have now taken a back seat to what is important now.
to me the most inmportant aspect of MA is the benefit's I get by tapping into something so pure that many masters have paved before me. cant explian the feeling when i do mantis i tap into somethign bigger than self.
and whats the most important aspect of fighting?
reading your opponent's Yi, this to me is the highest level of understanding. when we are beginners we block, when we are intermediate we redirect, when we are advanced we evade.