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  1. 03-02-2006, 09:50 PM #1
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    Could I become good at martial arts?

    I smoke like a pack a day, have a beer gut, and have NO NONE flexibility whatsoever. Maybe this is from years of being lazy. I used to get in fights all the time, and felt that I had some real skillz. But now, I wouldn't dare challenge anyone who is bigger than me. I may be able to quit smoking one day(well maybe not the good stuff), but I am willing to learn based on your feedback.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jethro
    I smoke like a pack a day, have a beer gut, and have NO NONE flexibility whatsoever. Maybe this is from years of being lazy. I used to get in fights all the time, and felt that I had some real skillz. But now, I wouldn't dare challenge anyone who is bigger than me. I may be able to quit smoking one day(well maybe not the good stuff), but I am willing to learn based on your feedback.
    Fat...lazy...bad cardio...smokes...no flexibility???

    Only one option for you....Wing Chun!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jethro
    I smoke like a pack a day, have a beer gut, and have NO NONE flexibility whatsoever. Maybe this is from years of being lazy. I used to get in fights all the time, and felt that I had some real skillz. But now, I wouldn't dare challenge anyone who is bigger than me. I may be able to quit smoking one day(well maybe not the good stuff), but I am willing to learn based on your feedback.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GreenCloudCLF
    Fat...lazy...bad cardio...smokes...no flexibility???

    Only one option for you....Wing Chun!!!

    LMAO **** it you beat me to it
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    I practice wing chun and im surprised by ur description alot of people fit it its funny. I think if you want to be good at martial arts quit smoking drugs and eating junk its not a thing you get good at its a way of life. You just have to be willing to put in you only get out what you put in practice and time will bring the physical skill i think youre after but a mental state is youre job to change.

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    Fat...lazy...bad cardio...smokes...no flexibility???

    Only one option for you....Wing Chun!!!

    You're killing me.

    Jethro. The answer is NO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GreenCloudCLF
    Fat...lazy...bad cardio...smokes...no flexibility???

    Only one option for you....Wing Chun!!!
    LMAO!

    Mat (6'1", 78 kgs, bout 10% body fat, don't smoke, can still kick head height with no warm up, touch palms to the floor with knees locked etc, workout every day...)


    OK, OK, to answer the question: yes you can, but you're going to need to work. Even if you have loads of natural talent you have to work. Nowadays I have to stretch every day to keep up the flexibility I used to take for granted. And don't smoke until after 1800. Then smoke one cigarette an hour. You should quit but that'll be a start, by setting yourself a realistic achievable goal first - otherwise your attitude will not change.
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    Mat, do you really only have 10% body fat? I thought that men were supposed to have at least 18% to be healthy, and anything under that you were either A) dead or B) a supermodel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GreenCloudCLF
    Fat...lazy...bad cardio...smokes...no flexibility???

    Only one option for you....Wing Chun!!!
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    true.

    oh wait. sounds like a hard ass, maybe bjj too.
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    Jules the percentage for men is 16% optium women is 23 % and you wont be dead prob after 4% im 8% fat serves many purposes in the body oppisitie of what most people think.
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    Quote Originally Posted by viper
    Jules the percentage for men is 16% optium women is 23 % and you wont be dead prob after 4% im 8% fat serves many purposes in the body oppisitie of what most people think.
    Actually 18-20% is average for men, with 22-24% being average for women.

    Some say being less than 10% is unhealthy (but that's debatable).
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    From the stats ive seen its 16 but 2% dont mean nothing yeh its debatable i think about the fact that organs need fat to insulate wat happen when you get below 4%
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