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Larry Billings (lcbillin@b8.b8.ingr.com) wrote:
: In article <1993Sep10.204116.24524@integrity.uucp>, robw@jabberwock.Berkeley.EDU (Robert Weirick) writes:

: > Study one form or another of the martial arts. 
: > They are not about hurting people, they are about
: > exploring yourself, and determining what it takes to defend yourself.
: > They are about learning how to live not in fear, but in awareness.
: > They are for everyone. And it is never too late to begin.
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: I pretty much agreed with you until this paragraph, being a person who
: in his younger days did take Martial Arts classes (Okinawian sp?) and 
: not one of the more difficult ones (it was designed to help the farmers
: fight the Nipponese Sumari), there is NO WAY I could do that now (and 
: those of you who have met me know that I'm not exactly inactive now).
: The training can be very rigourous and you should definately see your
: doctor before starting training (as with any exercize program) unless
: you are already in pretty good physical shape.

Respectfully disagree.  For the "hard" arts (karate, etc.) yes, there is a
certain amount of conditioning necessary, but for the "soft" arts (judo,
etc.) such rigorous conditioning is unnecessary and even counterproductive.

I'd recommend judo - it's light and easy on the frame.  It's designed to
use your opponent's size and weight against them - it actually works better
against bigger, stronger opponents.
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