An excellent page at: http://www.straightblastgym.com/questcuriculum.html

 

Especially where Matt discusses how it's the training methods that count. You must train alive no matter what the style. He doesn't seem to like the "I'm too deadly for the ring" slogan... See the question "I don’t see what the difference is between what you teach, and NHB training. What about Self Defense! Some of us just want to go home to our families and don’t care about brawling it out in a ring."

Sounds very Bruce Lee inspired by the way the author talks on the site, but does make some good points the inter-relation of all arts and styles ie: where he says you could teacha boxer how to open his hands and make him effective like that quickly but a normal person with no training would still recieve a kicking.

Matt Thornton is an excellent author.

it is the fighter

Um... its the fighter, the teacher, the training methods, AND the style....

it is the fighter

You're really not open to other people's opinions, are you?

add one more

 

Its the rules of the fight or event

Or to generalise...

 

Its everything.