Size and Strength

[CuongNhuka]

My thoughts.
Mental: 75%
Physical strenght in all it's forms: 5%
Experience (years of training/number of fights): 10%
Martial arts rank and/or number of techniques know: 10%

Do the math from the abouve. Being stronger could help, but haveing the better mental attitude and being smarter then the other is better. So if you think that girls cann't take on boys, your wrong. I've personally seen tiny little girls take one, and then severly beat, guys even bigger then me. And I have the build of a boxer. So figure it out.

Sweet Brighit Bless your Blade,

John (who has the build of a boxer)

 

[Elhan]

Something I'd like to ask; do deflective martial arts like Aikido or Wing Chun Kung Fu (its moves focused at attack reversals) have any basis on strength at all? People have agreed that strength is at least a part of the equation, yet these arts actually claim that the harder you hit, the more you are going to get hurt. For instance a powerful punch (whether it be due to technique, speed, strength etc etc) in Wing Chun can be redirected, channeling all the force against the attacker, destabilising them and causing them to fall off balance. Aikido has similar principles. So what bearing does it have on these kind of arts?