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Old 05-20-2007, 04:39 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Mephariel View Post
In self-defense, if you are worrying about your movements matching forms, you are having the wrong mentality.
Let me clarify a little.

When a boxer or muay thai person spar, what they do looks a lot like how they train but can the same be said of someone who practices choy li fut or hung gar? If not, what is the intention of the "classical presentation" of the moves you see during forms practice?
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