It is insteresting that you brought this up as I recently had a heated conversation with some various kenpo martial artist who never thought to leave a technique in search of a seemless flow of defensive movement that is taught to us by the structured techniques of the given kenpo systems. Don't get me wrong though I still feel that a student such as myself should practice the techniques if only to lock in a given reponse or to simply familurize the body with movement so we don't get stuch in the preverbial rut that most martial artist reach at or about Shodan. To bring this comment home I agree that there should be a time when techniques don't exist in a self defense situation,....only kenpo movement.
Kevin
email: artofselfdefense@sbcglobal.net
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