Really this article mirrors the overall disagreement in the martial arts community where many people think that the best way to practice martial arts is through sparring and pressure testing against legitimate opponents. In my practical experience (having done a few different traditional martial arts) I've actually come to a similar conclusion in that all the martial arts I've considered effective have practised with some sort of "aliveness" in their training. I think as long as traditional martial artists aren't being trained in a more robust manner they will just keep getting hammered.