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Phantomlink959 wrote: Not sure why you're so proud of a karate black belt, karate is a style specifically designed for  fighting other people who use karate, the moves telegraph pretty severely compared to pretty much any other martial art.

Although you can learn a fair bit  about body mechanics...

Ignore me, just waking up so my mental filter not turned on yet.

You misunderstand me,Sir. I'm not stating my status as a Black Belter in Kyokushin Karate as a (mere) means of bragging; but I'm merely stating it as reference to my own experience with the Martial Arts in relation to what I'm trying to explain in terms of strength channeling and body dynamics in relation to combat.

In the end, it's not really the Art that determines how effective the Martial Artist is; it's HOW one applies the Art in relation to his ability to (continually) learn that matters.

Bruce Lee said it best when he said: 'Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own', ans: '"It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential."

And indeed, I am taking his advice well; as of the moment, I am studying Kali-Eskrima and Wing Chun, as well as (re)-reading Bruce Lee's "Tao of Jeet Kune Do".

My prior experience with Karate helps me better understand the concepts behind both Arts, and slimming down the relative stiffness that I adapted from my training under the Karate discipline.