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SingingTiger
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In Ian's thread about his friend who got stomped (I hope he continues to get better, Ian), he said this:
That reminded me of a question I've been thinking of for a while: how important is physical strength when it comes to Kenpo effectiveness? Not important at all? Somewhat important? Critical?
There's a little bit of strength training in the workouts at my school, but it's more of a "conditioning" thing than an attempt to actually build a lot of muscle mass. I see a lot of posters here who mention working out with weights many times a week. I lift weights, but only occasionally, and I'm not very strong; I just thought I'd get some opinions on whether or not that will negatively affect my effectiveness as I learn more Kenpo.
Thanks,
Rich
I think he thinks that because he's so small he'll be no good at it, but I've tried to convince him otherwise.
That reminded me of a question I've been thinking of for a while: how important is physical strength when it comes to Kenpo effectiveness? Not important at all? Somewhat important? Critical?
There's a little bit of strength training in the workouts at my school, but it's more of a "conditioning" thing than an attempt to actually build a lot of muscle mass. I see a lot of posters here who mention working out with weights many times a week. I lift weights, but only occasionally, and I'm not very strong; I just thought I'd get some opinions on whether or not that will negatively affect my effectiveness as I learn more Kenpo.
Thanks,
Rich