Schools desperate for student bodies overstate things. This may be their style is superior to others.
Others can argue that point. The point here is it depends. Angie wowed us at a tournament once.
She had vertical kicks and long Blond hair wrapped into a Bun. She had long legs. Beneath her
exhibition was a background in Ballet, she admitted. It was Ballet not Tae Kwon Do that got her
prepared. It was those long legs with Ballet training in her growing years that we witnessed.
In Tae Kwon Do Fighter ,our guide book we discuss Lanky vs Stocky body types.
Many westerners (Lanky) will never be as good as Jackie Chan of Bruce Lee. They do not have the body
build. Angie is lanky and talented in her own way-not her schools. The school is the beneficiary.
Then there' Mike Tyson. retired Boxer. He can still knock out a man. This can be stated with
assurance because the side of the head (temple) does not thicken as chest, abs or glutts.
That means Tyson's hook punch from those stocky arms- upside the head is as devastating now as 20 years
ago..
No one style is superior to another. "Come join our school because our style is better" is incorrect.
What is correct is how we differ and use that to our advantage. Tyson's stockiness , Angie's lankiness
are natural talents .
Most of us are average Joe's (Jane's)
1.Average height
2. Average weight
3.Average I.Q.
We don't have Shaq O'Neal's or Yah Zee or seven footers in our gyms or for sparring partners. They
do practice our arts as a side line but do the heavy lifting in Football and Basketball.
The advantages to being average, "Diddle in the middle"
Most recent is WNBA Star Britney Griener. She is a superb athelete with remarkable body build:
6' 9" height
size 17 shoes
7-foot wing span
Who lives the longest, healthiest life?
A) The giant at over 7 foot
B) Joe or Jane average
C) The Dwarf - excludes Yoda at 24" tall and 800 years old-pun intended
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