Ghost

Not read all of this but Liberty mate i think what you are talking about boils down to having technique as a secondary reflex. A motion that is learned.

In a way i think you are over analyzing but i think your point is valid all the same.

My take is that the body doesnt know what martial arts are.
Only the mind does.
The goal of training, imo, is to teach the body the technique to the point where it is a secondary ( conditioned ) reflex. So you brain can make subconcious decisions on where to hit and defense requires no thought.
I think its important to remember that martial arts are only separated in our minds. Notions of this is boxing, this is escrima etc are irrelevant to the body and subconscious mind. Only our conscious self bothers and wastes time on trying to define what comes from where in our endless need to categorize everything. I dont like the ideas of moving from one system to another, we move from kali into wing chun, now we can move into boxing or maybe silat etc. When i mix things up i like to think im simply moving.

Train till you have the technique, in a real fight you find out what you "have" in terms of technique, cos the stuff you have to think about gets you a punch in the face as per your earlier experience.

Hope that was reasonably on topic, didnt read everything in detail

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