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bannana
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
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 Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:27 pm Post subject: tall vs short |
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| Who do you think would have an advantage in a street fight, a tall person or a short person? I'd say the short person because most street fights are in close quarters and short people are more suited to fighting in close range. Many street effective styles such as hung gar and wing chun are designed to work for shorter people. |
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ravenzoom
Green Belt
Joined: 07 Feb 2005
Posts: 384
Location: Quebec, Canada
Styles: BJJ
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Perhaps, but I'm no so sure grappling is that much better to short people than to tall people. And it's not THAT easy to get in close in a steet fight, the tall guy might have a chance to land a solid one before the shorter one can even make an attack. I'd advantage the taller guy. |
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brawler1245
Yellow Belt
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Posts: 45
Styles: Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan
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i think the tall person has the advantage, since he has a better reach and if the shorter guy gets in close thats what elbows and knees are for. And in grappling how does a short guy have the addvantage?
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Sam
Black Belt
Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 1746
Styles: ITF TKD, Wu Shu, Muay Thai
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| tall - range, and generlly balance, can make their base wider generally proportional to their height.... depends on build though |
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bannana
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| brawler1245 wrote: |
| And in grappling how does a short guy have the addvantage? |
Well, short people have lower centers of gravity, making them harder to throw. |
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brawler1245
Yellow Belt
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Posts: 45
Styles: Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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grapplings on the ground thou
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Goju_boi
Black Belt
Joined: 28 Mar 2005
Posts: 2129
Location: Houston , Texas
Styles: Goju ryu , Kobudo , and just started Capoeira
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whoever is the batter fighter will win
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Mischievousjoe
Yellow Belt
Joined: 25 Oct 2004
Posts: 75
Styles: TKD, Goshin Jutsu, Boxing, a bit of BJJ
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I'd have to put my money on the tall guy almost every time here. I'm a fairly short person, and in some situations that can work to my advantage against a taller opponent, but in an all out street conflict I think the superior strength of a bigger opponent with less skill could quite possibly overwhelm a smaller fighter. Not to say that a skilled small fighter can't take out bigger oponents. But the timing speed and accuracy of the strikes would have to be quite good.
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Goju_boi
Black Belt
Joined: 28 Mar 2005
Posts: 2129
Location: Houston , Texas
Styles: Goju ryu , Kobudo , and just started Capoeira
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Any one here ever heard of a Vietnamese style called Vovinam aka Viet Vo Dao?This style is made so that the smaller person take out the bigger oponent easily
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Dark Shogun
Orange Belt
Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Posts: 106
Location: Australia
Styles: Okinawan Goju Ryu karate, Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu iaido
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject: Beware the crankey, lankey MAist! |
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| The tall guy has the advantage for sure. He has longer weapons with joints in them so that they can be used a close and long range. Joints can also be used to lower the centre of gravity. |
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on the post.
