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- From: burdickd@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Dakin Burdick)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: 10th Dan & Badass Karate Bullshit
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- Date: 16 Nov 92 02:10:20 GMT
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- In article <74315@apple.apple.COM> mikel@Apple.COM (Mikel Evins) writes:
-
- >I imagine that we could expect
- >a very good fighter to keep most of his conditioning as he
- >grows older, unless he sustains permanent injuries, and I would
- >certainly expect him to get better at the more mental aspects
- >of fighting, such as timing, strategy, tactics, and so on.
-
- Right, but while they may have a great idea of what to do, their
- physical strength will be less (although they will be stronger than
- their contemporaries) and hence their reaction time will also be
- slower. Their bones will be more brittle, and their body fat
- percentage will tend to be higher (although this latter can
- be avoided).
-
- Another point to remember is that a lot of older martial artists
- are not full-time professionals. One of my instructors was a
- great sparring instructor and taught me a lot. But he had a job,
- and he had a wive and kids, and he couldn't spend as much time
- training. Besides that, his reaction time was going down and I
- was starting to get in on him, which discouraged him even more, so
- now he just works on conditioning for himself, rather than sparring.
-
- Dakin
- burdickd@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
-