Redux: [MA] Skills vs. Techniques

[OldSam]

Originally Posted by Ludo

Interesting. Very interesting actually. Still it puts much emphasize on styles, which sounds very cinematographic to me.

Well, that really depends on the styles ;)
In general I think that it makes sense to practice in a rounded style because the given techniques (strikes, kicks, throws, locks, weapon-usage, ...) match the footwork, posture and tactics, that is an elemental idea of a system (style) in comparison to a random set of techniques...
Of course there are also a lot of styles who put emphasis on long series of complicated movement forms with not much respect to actual combat and/or which are sometimes unusual for the human body... that's true, but this is a matter of these styles ;)
...also one should take a look at the philosophy of a given style, because there is the aim to teach values and mental fightings strengths (IRL many fighting styles are not about physical fighting only), which is a very different thinking in comparison to sports fighting for instance.