jobo
Grandmaster
We have approached what is much the same issue from different perspectives and come to a different conclusion. my starting point is when I was doing tma( lau gar kung fu) in my physical peak, it was extremely effective rhe times I used it fights. ergo if my current art( karate) is not equally so, its because I'm not a 28 yo athlete any more so the logic solution is obviously to trust the art and work on my fitness. or the reverse, if I can't go someway towards matching the the physical abilities of my opponent my karate is useless, beyond catching them b surprise and poking them in the eye or some such. my instructor oft asks why I don't attend more than one class a week, the answer is it disrupts my fitness routine, t class I do counts as a rest day,I'm happy with my " mastery" of basic techniques, what I need is more umph when doing themYa, I can't argue against that. I certainly don't think squaring off is the best solution in most cases, and despite what words some others in this thread might be trying to put in my mouth, I'm actually a big fan of finger jabs to the eyes. I am a WC guy after all.