Popular opinion trends in recent years are really interesting. Some people express their belief that traditional style practice material and training methods are completely outdated and ineffective in today's MMA world, having been killed by Old School perspectives and secrecy.
And yet, they also think that teachers who perpetuate the traditional styles should openly and totally share them with their critics via free YouTube videos, free ebooks and blog articles, etc. OK, but if they no longer have much real value, why bother wasting time with anything specifically related to their practices?
Conversely, any teacher who appears to diverge from the traditional, classical arts and practices by creating new training methods or by editing and modifying the older traditional material is usually labeled as a fraudulent teacher and/or a rogue practitioner.
So what's left in between other than the same basic kickboxing and grappling most MMA guys are training? Is there no longer any benefit in older traditional training, or any fresh benefit to be found in the modern innovations?