If anyone has ever taken any type of Martial-Arts or have studied the Martial-Arts then you realize size does not matter when defending yourself. An example of this is in the Olympics in the men`s Judo competition in a match that featured Guam`s Ricardo Blas Jr., who weighed in at 218kg (481 pounds) in the 100+ kg class in judo against Oscar Bryson from Cuba. Blas is the heaviest Judo competitor at 481 pounds and when going up against the much smaller and lighter opponent, Oscar Bryson who weighed 243 pounds less that Blas beat up on Blas like he was a dead horse.
Bryson used Blas`s size against him. Of course in Judo the Martial-Art mainly uses throws against your opponent which made this match ideal for the smaller Bryson. In the Martial-Arts if you can use attackers or in this case opponents much larger size against him the much smaller opponent will trash you like a Monday morning garbage pick-up party.
A good example of a Martial-Art that uses an attackers body weight, momentum and size against them is Aikido.An attacker runs at you, Aikido uses the attacker`s momentum and size to get thrown like a tackling dummy getting hit by a 290 pound Linebacker.
Most of the Martial-Artists you see a probably an average of 5 feet 2 inches tall and if they are confronted by attackers they turn into a raging wall of rushing water as they hit you with every ounce of their skill, metal being and strength.
Jones went up against Jesus "Yaqui" Meneses the much shorter and smaller fighter. Jones won the fight eventually but not after getting knocked to the canvas in the third round of the fight and getting pummeled during the fight. Jones being six foot nine should have crushed Meneses with ease but failed to do so since Meneses used Jones size against him and with Meneses boxing skill he was able to just about pull off the win. Let`s just say if I remember correctly, Jones looked like something the cat drug in after the fight was over.
So, if you are confronted by an attacker twice, three or even larger times you size, don`t run, stand there and ask him or her with a grin on your face, "Are you sure you want to go this dance with me? Because I am about to open a can of Whoop A** on you and it ain`t going to look very pretty for you after I tear through you like a hot knife going throw butter. "
Size does not matter in a fight. What matters is your mental strength, skill and yes years of diligent training in the Martial-Arts to prepare you to face these types of situations.
" It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog"
Just for United Statesians Not Americans benefit "It's not the size of the boat,but the motion of the ocean"
You said so much wrong, with so little words.
Why do people say that weight and strength do not matter in a fight?
- Because size has never mattered. There are countless examples of the Davids beating the Goliaths.
I understand that small people with fighting skills could outwit larger people, but let's be realistic
- You don't understand: that's not realistic.
Weight and strength are the first and foremost important factors to winning a fight.
- No. They. Are. Not. Skill is more important than anything.
You seem to have your mind on the sport side of things, where fighters only fight those in their weight class, or you are just plain misinformed like other people.
Lilith gave a very good answer, and included something that stuck a chord with me. I too am a small guy. 5ft 6 135 lbs, lean muscle. I remember growing up and hearing as well "don't mess with that guy, he's bigger than you, he's stronger than you"...
Matters not. BC:
1. Strength and Physical Fitness are two entirely different things.
2. I have met plenty of BIG people who look strong and are not strong at all.
3. Martial Artists are specifically trained to take down bigger and stronger opponents who ALSO know how to fight.
Superior technique and skill always comes out on top.
The last "fight" I got into was defending a cashier against a guy who was pummeling her bc he couldn't afford the beer he wanted. He was much bigger than me, and probably stronger than me, yet I had no problem taking him down into an arm and wrist lock.
It's not about the physical, it's about the mental and what you know.
Weight and strength don't mean anything at all when my opponent can't stand because I just dislocated his kneecap. In fact, that extra weight will work against him.
Most large and strong people will open a fight with a bullrush and a haymaker. I can think of at least 4 different defenses to that tactic off the top of my head to end the fight without being touched, and the majority of MY training was all informal.
Weight and strength are useless when your opponent has superior leverage and skill.
Are you sure about that? In a no rules fight, I bet I could beat a person who is heavier than me hands down. How would I do it? Well it's because my fighting style is so advance, so great that it doesn't matter what weight or height you are. You will lose against it.
What do I do to make my style so great? I cheat.
I might make up a few rules that don't actually exist. Like telling them it's a no weapons, no rules fight, but that's actually a lie so he doesn't think to bring a weapon. I might tell them a bunch of karate bull **** about one hit kills and secret training techniques and ninja mind control to get them to look at me like an idiot, and think I don't know anything. That way when he shows up, he's expecting a half wit moron who he can easily pound to dust. I might bring friends along, tell them that they're only there to watch, but in all reality they're there to pound him to pieces immediately after the fight begins.
That's because I feel that martial arts is about strategy not about fighting. What you can't make up for in strength, you can make up for being more clever than the other guy.
Beats me why people are always thinking that larger people can't win. I think it's a napoleonic complex that they have or something. Look at national and international Judo competitions fat people always win those competitions and it's never failed.
Technique is great and can improve anyone's odds especially subtleties in techniques that many overlook or know nothing about, but in the end it is size and strength.
Because those of us who actually train in the martial arts know better.
Skill and technique trump brute strength. That doesn't mean there's no danger, but used correctly, skill and technique are more than just an equalizer.
Like it or not size, weight and strength are factors just like any other, when your skills, abilities and mental toughness are matched size, strength and weight can become deciding factors.
BUT - that's ONLY when all other abilities are matched. In spite of being a bigger guy myself my heroes are the midgets who destroyed the bigger, stronger and heavier guys. Royce Gracie, Kenji Midori, Alfie Langer - these are guys who made their technique and tactics so damn good that it didn't matter how badly the other guys dwarfed them.
This is soooo wrong.I've took down someone taller, heavier and way more buff than me.And I'm quite short and naturally thin and I'm pretty light actually. Anyway weight and strength doesn't guarantee you a ticket in winning a fight.
In a game yes it matters but the way some people teach it does not. If you use clinical anatomy to determine the easiest way to destroy the body with one hit, size stops having much of an advantage, in fact it makes those targets easier to hit. Ok someone would end up in hospital or dead but that is how real fights really end. This is based on what I saw in ER when I studied in one
I understand that small people with fighting skills could outwit larger people, but let's be realistic. Weight and strength are the first and foremost important factors to winning a fight.
for you there a factor, for a martial artist that understands how to fight there not
Because muscles are like a penis. It is not about how big you are or how strong it is. It is how you use it.
