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zen_hydra
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Assuming one trains in a well balanced way, should a person train primarily to take advantage of there preexisting gifts, or should they focus on downplaying those abilities and focus on other areas (such as someone with long reach primarily focusing on 0 range combat)?
One of my personal issues is that I constantly wonder how I might developed differently as a martial artist if I was physically less advantaged than I am. I am 6' 5"(1.98 meters) tall. I weigh about 250 lb (113.4 kilos). I am naturally quite muscular, and strong. I have faster than average reaction time. The speed of my hands and feet are faster than most people that I have encountered. I have long limbs that give me a large reach advantage over most people. I have lived most of my life picking up various martial skills starting at a very young age, so I think tactically, and am comfortable (actually infatuated is a better term) with combat. I train very hard, because I love to push myself. When it comes to sparring and fighting, against most opponents, I am growing less and less satisfied. If I can out speed, out power, and outreach my opponents with little effort, what is the point of using finely honed technique. I, of course, feel the need to pursue technique for the sake of perfecting myself, but the driving need to learn technique so that I can competently defend myself isn't there because I already can (better than most).
So the question I pose to myself is, If you where 5' tall, and 120 lbs how much skill would you need to have to overcome not just the raw advantages of someone who is 6' 5" (stronger, faster,etc), but also overcome whatever his skill level is?
One of my personal issues is that I constantly wonder how I might developed differently as a martial artist if I was physically less advantaged than I am. I am 6' 5"(1.98 meters) tall. I weigh about 250 lb (113.4 kilos). I am naturally quite muscular, and strong. I have faster than average reaction time. The speed of my hands and feet are faster than most people that I have encountered. I have long limbs that give me a large reach advantage over most people. I have lived most of my life picking up various martial skills starting at a very young age, so I think tactically, and am comfortable (actually infatuated is a better term) with combat. I train very hard, because I love to push myself. When it comes to sparring and fighting, against most opponents, I am growing less and less satisfied. If I can out speed, out power, and outreach my opponents with little effort, what is the point of using finely honed technique. I, of course, feel the need to pursue technique for the sake of perfecting myself, but the driving need to learn technique so that I can competently defend myself isn't there because I already can (better than most).
So the question I pose to myself is, If you where 5' tall, and 120 lbs how much skill would you need to have to overcome not just the raw advantages of someone who is 6' 5" (stronger, faster,etc), but also overcome whatever his skill level is?