Secondly, Mr. Cunningham wanted this System to be a "freedom form" or "free from form" system of Martial Arts which encourages prospective martial artists and veteran Black Belts alike to exercise the freedom inherent in this art to "express themselves" in their own individual manners. Therefore, the AFFKbJ System is free from requirements to learn traditional forms or katas. Traditional forms and katas (if taught as practical self-defense) can be restrictive as to spontaneity, they can tend to "bind the mind", they can negatively affect one's ability to reflexively respond to an attack (and, therefore, negatively affect important response time), and have very little practical application to real self-defense and personal combat in today's world. Martial arts practitioners who are forced to spend years learning traditional forms or katas as part of their so called "self-defense" requirements are often wasting valuable training time and possibly gaining a dangerously false sense of confidence with regard to their real martial abilities. Instructors of martial arts styles which require strict adherence to form and kata training also can make a potentially talented martial artist feel as if he/she is a square peg being forced into a round hole, and that potentially talented martial artist may become disillusioned and stop training altogether. The AFFKbJ System is designed to encourage self-development and self-expression and inherently ensures that the Art shall complement and fit the individual practitioner rather than forcing the individual practitioner to fit the Art!