Just saw this recent interview with Tim Cartmell, tonnes of great pithy comments in there based on his 30+ years of MA practice:
http://tma4mma.com/interviews/exclusive-interview-tim-cartmell/
Because Tim trained extensively in traditional CMA before coming to MMA / BJJ I think his comments on traditional martial arts are pretty fair:
- Importance of at least 'ground proofing' for TCMA people if they are concerned with self defence
- Value of traditional MA in teaching alignment and correct power generation
- Importance of sparring and drills for learning to fight
- Primacy of single technique training over forms - forms are just encyclopedias of techniques
- "If you want to punch a man in the face, you cannot beat Western boxing"
Also was tickled that he said at least 3 of his students have knocked people out with Piquan in street fights!