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Originally Posted by john55  I dont think you should lump all these arts together when you say they dont encourage lifting. BJJ, at least in my school, encourages us to lift. I think every guy in my class lifts or does other sports. And I know the MMA, boxing and MT at my school all encourages lifting as well.
I am not so sure about that second paragraph. I would assume a technically skilled athlete is strong and fast. A technically skilled fatso would not be and I dont consider a lot of martial artists athletic. Just because they have a blackbelt or can do a kata doesnt make them athletic. That is also why sparring is so important. You need to be able to use your techniques against people who are stronger and faster than you. In bjj you cant advance unless you can do that. |
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But in the striking arts such as TKD it will take a bit athleticism to do the more advanced kicks and stuff like that.
To use BJJ in your example really doesnt make sense. Its whole premise is technique over muscle so of course its a requirement.
In TKD
on avg its hard for a fighter to face an opponent of equal technique but more speed/strength and win. And in lots of cases technique can just be overpowered. Hence low color belts beating much higer color belts or even black belts in sparring, which by most accounts of the board is unheard of in BJJ and the like.