of course, i think that taido can be applied for fighting, but i don’t believe this is automatic. i believe that some dojo practice fight-related training more so than others.

as you wrote, that disctinction between the martial aspect and art aspect (though they aren’t actually distinct in the alrger sense) is what makes possible to get the best of both worlds. my bottom eleven comments were focussed on the rampant assumption that being a hokei champion naturally makes one a decent fighter. i think your way of saying it is probably better.

thanks.