I wouldn't say walking is on the same lines as when I spoke of boxing combos. The issue here, is that SL is completely disregarding the use of kata..plain and simple! In your analogy of walking...well, there is only one way of walking, compared to multiple ways of throwing boxing combos. Sure, when doing a kata, you do it move by move, from start to finish, but applications can come from anywhere in that kata. When you walk, you dont take a few steps facing forward, then turn sideways, crossing one foot over the next, then turn around and walk backwards, etc.
I think Exile summed it up pretty good with his analogy. Additionally, I have said the same thing...that while in a confrontation, one isn't going to take up a pose and perform move by move, a kata to defend themselves, but instead, just like SD techniques, you're going to extract what you need at the time.
The main issue, as its been said countless times, is not that kata are bad, but instead, the person or people teaching them, don't have a clue what they're doing. How can someone teach someone else if they themselves, don't have a full grasp? Its like giving someone a car, minus the tires.
