I disagree. It depends on who you train with. The first martial art I studied was Tae Kwon Do, and the conditioning was pretty tough. Our instructor was old school. Everything was full contact. We didn’t punch trees, but did a lot of board and brick breaking. Among other things. Like him making us lie on the ground while he came round and punched us repeatedly wherever he thought we needed it. Mostly in the gut. I have to say it worked very well though. Sometimes I miss those days.
Sometimes.