I was having a discussion last night with some other students, so I thought I'd bring it up here to see what people think. I see some people who take some of the ideas a bit too literally and are therefore too rigid. Forcing your elbow in your centerline, obsessing about being completely square to your opponent all the time. It just doesn't work. It makes you too rigid. For example, when i fight, I prefer to be in a lead leg stance and slightly angled (just a bit). Then when I come in, I can take advantage of my hip power as I twist into the punch. It also is better for lead leg kicking as I can use a bit of pendulum footwork. There are other things like using different punches and kicks like hooks, uppercuts, and roundhouse kicks. The point is that there seem to be a lot of so-called purists who get ****ed off when you fight in a way that looks even a little different than the forms. I just can't accept that the true spirit of the art is to be so rigid. It has to be alive. What do you guys think?