I am often asked (usually by my wife): If WCK is so great - why don't ANY of the UFC fighters use it? After all, if it was an effective sytle/system - why isn't has'nt the UFC/MMA world discovered it or evolved into it?
My answer (and only my opinion) is that WCK is the UFC/MMA "for the rest of us." That is, I am in no condition to fight UFC/MMA. At 39, I am too old. Since I work all day, instead of train, my conditioning is not what it needs to be to fight. So for me, combat training is about mastering general principles - like, chin down, elbows in, control the center, try to stay in trapping range (not too close, not too far), don't move backwards, and other WCK maxim, etc. I believe in the WCK concepts of trapping range, elbow power, WCK body structure. If I end up on the ground, I would fight like hell to get off the ground using whatever I can (biting, fishing hooking, eye gouges, etc) (and break what I can while I am down there) - or hope a bouncer, friend, or stranger pulls the guy off me. I also train because I like the challenges of hard sparring in all ranges.
I do not train on the ground for several reasons: (1) no time; and (2) I have grappled with enough "grapplers" to feel comfortable that they do not have too much of an advantge over me. In other words, I prevail about 40-50% of the time given approximately equal size and strength. By "prevail" I mean I can avoid getting submitted or pounded, or I can get back up. Maybe training grappling would increase that to 50%+, but at what cost? On the other hand, training in WCK improves my stand-up significantly.
I am interested in other opinions to this question. (MMA trolls - please allow the WCK people to discuss this issue.)