no, i got that.... my point is that the amount of kicks is inconsequential and that how to kick and punch are not really the basics (the basics would would be, power comes from the hips. always switch sides to use the power from the weight transfer. move around in circles not back and forth because you create more opennings. keep you body relaxed to move quicker, etc.). yes i wanna learn fancy kicks so i look cool, but i would not say that that is what makes me a better MAist. what makes a MAist is all the skills that you are referring to. and that goes for any and all MAs. those skills are one of the factors that separate MAists from tracuers or MA trickers. and they are harder to learn... i could teach someone how to do 15 kicks in the time that it would take me in teach one basic principle of MA.
i think at this point we are saying the same thing and just debating the semantics...... not that i don't love linguistics
