i suppose a perfect wushu player should use combined style of joints to use all the possible ways of the momentum kicks, etc.
I can not imagine ANY of those nice wushu players that only use either hold or relax. So, this classification is a bit weird.
Sure you can call those dudes from tier 1 hold users, because they spend most oftheir time doing different accurate kicks and punches, that require strengh, that could only be provided by force. But it will be nonsense, because sometimes they use relax freaky often: while performing comebacks or in case of preventing themselves from the conseqences from an unavoidable kick from the opponent.
I can give you tons of situations to prove my point of view.
If the person only uses force, he/she shoul not be in the Tier #1 at all, because this kind of people do not use 100% of their abilities, so, they are, at least Tier #2. That is it.
It always depends on the situation, what to use.
Last edited by Adamant; Jun 20, 2012 at 07:30 AM.