Comments on: Are You Fit Enough to Fight? http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/ Martial arts for personal development Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:17:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mike http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-12846 Mike Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:56:19 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-12846 I should also say that regardless of whether or not Bruce Lee boxed, it doesn't really matter in terms of your article. I would say your points are valid even if Lee boxed. You're always worth a read, else I wouldn't keep coming back. I should also say that regardless of whether or not Bruce Lee boxed, it doesn’t really matter in terms of your article. I would say your points are valid even if Lee boxed.

You’re always worth a read, else I wouldn’t keep coming back.

]]> By: Mike http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-12845 Mike Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:48:02 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-12845 Hello Chris, Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I thought I would receive an email if someone replied but I must not have checked the box. As to Lee's boxing record, I know very little. But if you're interested, I think I remember Joe Hyam's "Zen in the Martial Arts" saying something about how Lee had won some amateur matches using chain punches. Regards. Hello Chris,

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I thought I would receive an email if someone replied but I must not have checked the box. As to Lee’s boxing record, I know very little. But if you’re interested, I think I remember Joe Hyam’s “Zen in the Martial Arts” saying something about how Lee had won some amateur matches using chain punches.

Regards.

]]> By: Chris http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-11453 Chris Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:02:28 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-11453 Well, that is impressive, if true. One has to wonder why a "champion British boxer" would be fighting high-schoolers in HK amateur matches. No offense to Hawkins Cheung, but do we have any information about Gary Elms that didn't come from a Bruce Lee partisan? Well, that is impressive, if true. One has to wonder why a “champion British boxer” would be fighting high-schoolers in HK amateur matches.

No offense to Hawkins Cheung, but do we have any information about Gary Elms that didn’t come from a Bruce Lee partisan?

]]> By: Mike http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-11452 Mike Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:39:02 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-11452 Not to nitpick but, "In 1958, three time champion British boxer Gary Elms was defeated by Lee by way of knockout in the third round in the 1958 Hong Kong Inter-School amateur Boxing Championships by using Wing Chun traps and high/low-level straight punches. Hawkings Cheung, his fellow Wing Chun street fighter, witnessed the event." Source wikipedia. Not to nitpick but, “In 1958, three time champion British boxer Gary Elms was defeated by Lee by way of knockout in the third round in the 1958 Hong Kong Inter-School amateur Boxing Championships by using Wing Chun traps and high/low-level straight punches. Hawkings Cheung, his fellow Wing Chun street fighter, witnessed the event.”

Source wikipedia.

]]> By: When and Why to Quit Kata Practice http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-9515 When and Why to Quit Kata Practice Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:38:25 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-9515 [...] as Activity-Specific Fitness Regimen Fitness is relative. Every activity, including martial arts, places its own unique demands on its participants. [...] [...] as Activity-Specific Fitness Regimen Fitness is relative. Every activity, including martial arts, places its own unique demands on its participants. [...]

]]> By: Shifu Walker, PhD http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-8228 Shifu Walker, PhD Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:02:54 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-8228 At 59 years old, I am a 6 (soon to be 7) time martial arts hall of famer. If you saw me on the street, it wouldn't even cross your mind that I practice martial arts, but if you met me in the kwoon and engaged me, it would be quite a different story. Never judge a book by its cover! Everything that we do in life is task-specific. That's how we get the best in specific areas of life! Check out my web site at www.qissagebodysystems.org. At 59 years old, I am a 6 (soon to be 7) time martial arts hall of famer. If you saw me on the street, it wouldn’t even cross your mind that I practice martial arts, but if you met me in the kwoon and engaged me, it would be quite a different story. Never judge a book by its cover! Everything that we do in life is task-specific. That’s how we get the best in specific areas of life! Check out my web site at http://www.qissagebodysystems.org.

]]> By: Cobra-Kai http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-8205 Cobra-Kai Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:23:56 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-8205 i think that a martial artist should be a combination of everything good stamina, endurance, power pretty much everything but the best thing a martial artist can have is experience i think that a martial artist should be a combination of everything good stamina, endurance, power pretty much everything but the best thing a martial artist can have is experience

]]> By: Martial Arts Mom http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-8204 Martial Arts Mom Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:47:35 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-8204 Good points! Good points!

]]> By: Jay Gischer http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-8200 Jay Gischer Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:42:35 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-8200 I once watched a YouTube video of, I think, Chen Xiao Wong doing a performance of a specialized form. Very dynamic, very active, very powerful. He rocks. In the comments, some people said, "Geez, you'd think he'd be in better shape! He's so fat!" Such comments are foolish beyond belief. His size, and his layer of natural armor are advantages in a fight, not disadvantages. As is his ability to move and deliver power, which was amply demonstrated in the video they just watched. I once watched a YouTube video of, I think, Chen Xiao Wong doing a performance of a specialized form. Very dynamic, very active, very powerful. He rocks.

In the comments, some people said, “Geez, you’d think he’d be in better shape! He’s so fat!” Such comments are foolish beyond belief.

His size, and his layer of natural armor are advantages in a fight, not disadvantages. As is his ability to move and deliver power, which was amply demonstrated in the video they just watched.

]]> By: Patrick Parker http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-8196 Patrick Parker Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:00:19 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/are-you-fit-enough-to-fight/#comment-8196 Very good point, very well made. When I first saw the title of the post, my first thought was, "Well, that's dumb, everyone is fit enough to fight. It's just some folks are not fit enough to survive a fight." Cool photos Very good point, very well made. When I first saw the title of the post, my first thought was, “Well, that’s dumb, everyone is fit enough to fight. It’s just some folks are not fit enough to survive a fight.” Cool photos

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