Karate Questions

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I have a few questions about karate that maybe sombody could help with but some have nothing to do with each other so I will list them in a 1,2,3 order

  1. In CMA people tend to think that lineage is the most important thing and that if your lineage is good than your individual practice will be better than that of someone with a not so clear line. Do Karate practitioners think like this to? Or is the individual practice more important? (example of some kungfu guys thinking)

I trained with Sifu brown at usa kungfu and learned some kind of kungfu but I won a world championship with it.

(kungfu guy)
You don’t have a solid lineage, so you must suck. I train under famous master x, I didn’t win any fights cause I have never been in any but you must listen to me cause I have a solid lineage.

  1. Is most Karate interchangable? Can a practitioner of Shotokan switch to another style with no problems as far as principles?

  2. Is there any emphasis on leaning low stances like in some kungfu or are the stances higher?

  3. What is the most important aspect of Karate fighting?

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