big or small?

[saikyou]

I was reading this magazine about JKD and there is an article there by Bruce Lee saying that small fighters are far more better than big fighters because they have less body mass to move.

what do you think? I think heavyweight fighters are just fine.

Im 6'1" and 105kg. and I don't have any problems with my body mass. I can easily move. :D

[Chazz]

Both have their good points. Small - fast, light, and can ware you down. Heavy-still can be fast, can take a little more body hits, hits hard. So its just the fighter in the fight.

[saikyou]

Originally posted by Chazz
Both have their good points. Small - fast, light, and can ware you down. Heavy-still can be fast, can take a little more body hits, hits hard. So its just the fighter in the fight.
nice! you're right. you'll see a lot of flurries in a flyweight boxing match and the pace is really fast but in a heavyweight match you'll see a slower battle but a lot of those hard-hitting shots. How about the others? what's your opinion?

[akirabob]

dude, first of all, i'm reading a book by lee right now and there is an entire chapter talking about the skill being the important part, not the size of the fighter... "a bigger fighter is slower and stronger but the smaller fighter can make up for the strength with additional speed, however, the big fighter can gain the speed just as easily..." so, two guys with the same skill, the heavyweight is gonna kill the little guy

[Kof_Andy]

True Akirabob, but I dont think is ever possible to match up a fight thats equally skill but different size. Because they are different size, the way they train will be entirely different and skills will be different. Depend what kind of fight is it tho. If anything goes, my money goes for smaller build fighter like Bruce Lee himself.

[saikyou]

my money will also go for the smaller build fighter like Bruce. But if a big fighter can move as fast and has the stamina of a small guy,( a 6'5" 114kg. version of Bruce Lee) then my money will go definitely to the big guy.

[akirabob]

ok, here's the deal though... i am 230 pounds and 6'2" right, i know about as much about martial arts as any human should, i've also been cross training since i was very young in about 7 martial arts... due to this, i am as; fast, flexible, skilled, and knowledgable, if not more so than most anyone i train with or fight with... it's like billy blanks, i know alot of people think he's a joke, but he has an impressive record none the less... he thought the same way you guys/girls and he couldn't figure out why he plateud (sp?) then he got into weight training and benches over 400 and squats like 650... this guy is bigger and stronger than 90 percent of the people he fights and yet he gets to the punch quicker every time... it's not about the size, it's about finding a personal size that you can fight comfortable at...

[yangtaichi]

well the average untrained light weight guy is going to out endure, and ultimatly out last the big guy,.... but now that i have already cast my vote i see that you specified in the poll the word 'fighter' ... geez i gotta start reading stuff


ok yeah when trained fighters are involved i would say heavy because they have both trained to move their respective mass very well. and when the speed and endurance is mathed i would have to side with the big guys, which sucks because im light-med :) guess i just have to train harder than everyone else ;)

[gracie22555]

if your big as in kurt angle, or the rock big than yes it helps. if your big and slow like bodybuilders/fat/bulky people than its just going to wear you out fast, and your punches will be very slow.

[Cuchulain4]

I prefer to watch lightweight fights as they seem to be more technical IMO, also you get super agile fighters like Genki Sudo doing all sorts of crazy stuff.