Pedigree? Shmedigree.
It has been several years since the "F*ck Your Lineage" video was released, and now a once major training organization that has built its marketing around being "not a martial art" has proclaimed pedigree to be canon. Pedigree is about straight lines: royalty, dog breeds, and martial arts are typical examples. It's about denying outside influences to such a degree that debilitating health maladies are inevitable. Whether it's limb malformation, hip dysplasia, or blind allegiance to a figurehead, this inbreeding favors form over function. It's not about what "works" but rather