to the original post.

I agree stance work is one of the better tools aquired from KF. Similar story myself of going away from KF for some time and doing MMA and contact fighting, then coming back and finding things again in KF. I don't know if its the "secret" of KF and i'll agree with david that time and effort play the bigger role.

I'm not going to get into the forms debate. I'm not a big fan of them, but they have there place.