Greetings everybody. I have been out of the game for a long time but a recent discussion with a few friends of mine made me wonder about the actual amount of techniques that are viable into today's combat environment.

Based on your personal experience and understanding, how much of your personal style do you think you could actually apply in any given combat scenario?

Try and think percentage wise.


Are there techniques that are maintained and passed on that are no longer viable or are to convoluted to work within your system?

Are you holding on to techniques for the sake of preserving history?

Could you stream line your system?

I guess what I am getting at is what do you consider functional and how do you know it works?