Folks Martial Arts: Kicking, Punching, and Grappling

Nothingness · 07-23-2004, 03:11 AM

Just my gross observations:

Do you notice that folks martial arts tend to develop according to the average posture of the locals?

Tall & thin do kicking just like TKD in Korea and Kungfu in Shandong, China.

Medium built do a lot of punching and a combination of punching, grappling, and kicking. But striking is still more domimant.

Big built do grapplings like the European wrestling, Japanese sumo, etc.

The category is, of course, not strict, but it is the tendency.

Do you see the correlation of the weight with the current perception about "effective arts"?

Is it possible that many grapplers beat kickers just because they weigh twice as much?

I mean, if you are 120lbs tall and long legged, your best option will be to use kicks. If you are up against a 250lbs grappler, that sucks. Yet, your best option is still using your kicks. Would that make the kicking arts suck? I think reality sucks more for the 120lbs guy than his arts.

Just a wild thought

Hikage · 07-23-2004, 06:20 PM

Furthermore, if the average American stature is so large, then how come we have so many kicking and punching styles here?

-Hikage

Nothingness · 07-25-2004, 09:41 PM

So, proportion maybe? the relative proportion of the body parts

TKDguy · 01-23-2005, 10:20 PM

i was just wondering but has anyone ever seen a really tall asian guy besides yao ming?

koto_ryu · 01-23-2005, 10:32 PM

Lots of sumo wrestlers are over six feet in height.

07-23-2004, 03:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
Nothingness Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 233 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Folks Martial Arts: Kicking, Punching, and Grappling Just my gross observations: Do you notice that folks martial arts tend to develop according to the average posture of the locals? Tall & thin do kicking just like TKD in Korea and Kungfu in Shandong, China. Medium built do a lot of punching and a combination of punching, grappling, and kicking. But striking is still more domimant. Big built do grapplings like the European wrestling, Japanese sumo, etc. The category is, of course, not strict, but it is the tendency. Do you see the correlation of the weight with the current perception about "effective arts"? Is it possible that many grapplers beat kickers just because they weigh twice as much? I mean, if you are 120lbs tall and long legged, your best option will be to use kicks. If you are up against a 250lbs grappler, that sucks. Yet, your best option is still using your kicks. Would that make the kicking arts suck? I think reality sucks more for the 120lbs guy than his arts. Just a wild thought

07-23-2004, 06:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hikage Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Southern PA Posts: 543 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Furthermore, if the average American stature is so large, then how come we have so many kicking and punching styles here? -Hikage __________________ -=It's like a door open and closed=- -= "Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit." =-

01-23-2005, 10:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
koto_ryu Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PA, USA Posts: 1,059 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Lots of sumo wrestlers are over six feet in height. __________________ KOTO RYU My favorite neg rep points earned so far: "ofeensive and inconsequent young man, should be banned!!" - Xebsball

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07-25-2004, 09:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Nothingness Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 233 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	So, proportion maybe? the relative proportion of the body parts

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TKDguy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 59 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	i was just wondering but has anyone ever seen a really tall asian guy besides yao ming?

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