Should I do bodybuilding or not??

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Hi guys, I have a question. I practiced kyokushin karate recently and I think that my body is so small compare to the other karatekas. So I think I should do bodybuilding to make myself bigger. But I heard that bodybuilding can make your body move slower. So could you guys please give me an advice or two?
*Sorry for my bad english 

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If you want to then do it but it won't make you any better at karate. Look at the founders of karate are they massive body builders no yet I reckon they can do damage if needed.
 

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Bruce Lee was a body builder and he moved pretty good.
Marvin Hagler was a body builder and it didn't seem to slow him down.
 

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Hi guys, I have a question. I practiced kyokushin karate recently and I think that my body is so small compare to the other karatekas. So I think I should do bodybuilding to make myself bigger. But I heard that bodybuilding can make your body move slower. So could you guys please give me an advice or two?
*Sorry for my bad english 

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You said you were 16, how old are the guys you are comparing yourself to.
 
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You said you were 16, how old are the guys you are comparing yourself to.
Well, about my age or older...
Doesn't seems like they reach 20 yet..

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If you want to then do it but it won't make you any better at karate. Look at the founders of karate are they massive body builders no yet I reckon they can do damage if needed.
Oh i see, thanks for the reply

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Bruce Lee was a body builder and he moved pretty good.
Marvin Hagler was a body builder and it didn't seem to slow him down.
Yes, maybe because they're professionals. Thanks for the reply.

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I would simply train kyokushin karate and let your body/physique develop naturally based on kyokushin karate, but that is only my opinion.
Yeah, I think you're right..
Bigger doesn't means stronger anyway..
Thanks for replying , Mr.Sheng

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Strength training, yes.
Body Building, I would discourage.
A good weight training program for strength development is not the same as a weight training program for body building though both use weights.
 
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Strength training, yes.
Body Building, I would discourage.
A good weight training program for strength development is not the same as a weight training program for body building though both use weights.
Yes, you're right.

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Hi guys, I have a question. I practiced kyokushin karate recently and I think that my body is so small compare to the other karatekas. So I think I should do bodybuilding to make myself bigger. But I heard that bodybuilding can make your body move slower. So could you guys please give me an advice or two?
*Sorry for my bad english 

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No need for it. Power is not generated in the way you think.
 

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As others have said; you can be an effective practitioner even if you are not as bulky as other practitioners.
Despite a persons muscle definition, if you have trained to be powerful - you will be!
I carry a little more weight than I wish I did, however this does not stop me performing well; the same is said for body-builders, however exercise caution not to get too big that your muscle mass affects you in your martial arts ability.
 

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Kevin, go have fun training, regardless of what that training is. It's all going to work out, honest.
I'm big, five nine, a hundred and fifty pounds. No worries. :)

That's what I was told a long time ago. By Martial Artists who were told the same thing.
 

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