Bruce fan, of course sportsmen practice in patterns. I think Thornton's problem is with "dead" patterns. Like throwing punches in the air in a preset order, or other drills that will not translate to a real fight. You never see a football player pretending to throw a ball for practice. You never see a basketball player pretend to dribble, or practice stealing the ball in a preset pattern with a cooperative opponent.
When you do a drill you need to ask yourself, is this how I'm going to be moving in a real fight? Will this work against someone bigger, stronger,pissed off, and well trained who doesn't want me to do it to him? Drills are ok but they MUST TRANSLATE TO A REAL FIGHT!
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