Originally Posted by
Water-quan
Basically you got guys in the west training kung fu two or three nights a week who want to maintain the fantasy that somehow what they do is better than guys who train five hours a day in China.
They tell themselves that they focus on the practical side, and that's why guys from China look so much better, when the truth is, the guys from China just are better, by a ridiculously long way. Because they train more and have access to the best teachers.
Problem is, that doesn't mean any of it is 'practical' anyway- it just means that it's always funny to see the fatties and the people who can barely throw a punch falling over their guts to inisist that their total lack of athleticism, grace and skill is the fault of other people who train just to look good.
If I'm going to do something that doesn't work, I'dat least hope to get fit and look good doing it.
It's not about the time spent training. It's about the QUALITY of the training. Haven't you ever seen Rocky IV? However, I don't think these guys are training all that efficiently either, so I agree with you in that context.
And yes, athleticism is key. Seems a good number of fatties seem to ignore key tenets of their arts, such as rules about fitness and nutrition. There are rules about nutrition and fitness, and it seems people turn a blind eye to them.
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