Krys:
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useless flowery or purely health improving techniques were discarded
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It's interesting that you should mention the Sao Lim Athletic Association. I studied Hood Khar Pai under a student of P'ng Chai Kim's for several years. There are many movements in the forms that could be considered "flowery", yet I'm sure Master P'ng or any of his disciples would be able to knock seven bells out of someone with them.
My point was that the effectiveness of a technique should not be measured by how it looks but by the practitioner's ability to apply it. The fact that some practitioners can perform "flowery" techniques but not apply them does not mean that the technique itself has no value, just the practitioner.
Regards.