Traditional martial arts can be quite effective if practiced in an effective manner. I've been to traditional schools where the pinnacle of training involved f

Traditional martial arts can be quite effective if practiced in an effective manner. I've been to traditional schools where the pinnacle of training involved fighting each other bare knuckle. As amusing as it would be to see a tai chi practitioner systematically progressing to bare knuckle tai chi sparring, perhaps their art could be more effective if it were trained more aggressively.