There are techniques in most decent traditional martial arts that let smaller lighter weight people with less strength win out againt the strong guys,i am a small guy and have sparred all sizes and shapes over the last 30 odd years and know what i can and cant apply against the bigger lads(heavys) as a example non of the 20 stone plus over 6 foot guys can get out of my neck clinch or stop me pulling there head down, this comes from training and sparring with them of course,for example in Muay Thai i wouldnt use the modern way of standing in front of your opponent in range and matching strength and speed,thats why we have tricks in Muay Thai,a trick for every fighter against every other fighter,and i have seen the same things in other good trad martial arts,the arts work because they have been worked for years,the question is can we work them? thats up to us and just how far we want to go in keeping it real,off topic a bit sorry!.
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