as far as the "finishing" moves go, I think that would greatly depend on views of the instructor teaching the style, and possibly what demographich they are teaching, ie: children, adults, problem youth, ect.
As far as the evolution and history go, that is a tough one, lol. It is quite possible, realistically speaking, that some of the histories we are taught have already changed. If you were to ask 2 different "masters" of the same art to tell you the histories behind the art, you would most likely hear two similar, yet somewhat different answers. Does it mean one is right and one is wrong? No, just two different interpretations. I guess all we can do as responsible MAists is to teach the histories as we were taught them, as the core values and teachings rarely seem to change, and hope that at least those aspects stay alive.
This is a very interesting topic!
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