1. Is it that the stances cannot or are not useful in combat?
The question is how the teacher teaches it. I have been taught that the stances are used only in striking and thus when ever a strike is made, the stance is immediately employed. There is a trade off between mobility and stability with the stances and one must know when it's good for one or the other.
2. The circular nature of stikes are not as effective as linear strikes, due to the lack of power behind each strike?(Less hip movement)
look at the boxers hook and uppercut, both are circular. circular and linear are neither good nor bad, both have their uses.
3. Strikes take too much time to execute, due to their nature?(i.e. Reverse Punce from the hip in comparion with a Jab from the shoulder)
I dont know what your comparing this to, look at WC's knuckle chain punches compared to let say a boxer's J-J-C combo
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