Martial D
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I don't deduce anything about whole styles from anything. Like anything else, I'm sure some schools strive to make it effective, while others sell fantasy for money.Dude, you keep on and on and on about this one criteria, actual combat in the school.
Who are these armies of deluded people that don't think fighting practice is useful???
When and where are you encountering them? Because I'm yet to encounter this view in MT.
And what makes you think that the class teaching is the be all and end all of the style??
For example, for maybe a year we didn't free spar in my karate class, not because my sensei was against it, but because we just ran out of time from the other drills he wanted us to learn.
So my friends and I went to each other's homes or the nearby park after class and beat each other up. But there were a number of older students who held their own when attacked on the street who only fought in class.
So what do you deduce about Shotokan karate from that?
If you want to be a good cook, you practice cooking. If someone try to sell you cooking lessons without ever turning on an oven, chances are you aren't learning what you think you are learning.