It is a good progression that lets the student really learn and retain things, but takes longer. Memorization of self defense techniques makes it easier to set up belt tests which is what alot of schools are about. When you got to use more of what you knew in sparring it was always ugly when the techniques were used. The better guys never fished for the techniques, they'd be sparring and then suddenly one would execute a series of descisive techniques that looked to come out of nowhere. The TKD school didn't look the same as the schools do now, and I think it was the idea of keeping all of the techniques in the art.
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The crap that many schools do is not the crap I was taught or train in or teach.
Damnit... it made sense when it was running through my head.
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