however many of thes eyoung people do not realise what it is like to get older. In a true martial art your body takes a beating. You get injuries. this is not bad when you are younger, but as you get older the body takes longer to heal. You also gain weigth more easily because you can't work out as hard when injured. It also takes longer to lose the weight.
So yes an instructor does need to be in good shape. but age and overall health do play a factor.How important is fitness in regards to being able to perform your karate well?absolutely not. fitness is just as important to technique as the technique its self. the instructors or the black belts that do get out of shape aren't training anymore, so they aren't improving and they are actually loosing what they once had.How important is fitness in regards to being able to perform your karate well?I don't think it sets a good example. But if they can still perform to the level they have advanced to, power to them I guess. I always thought being in good shape was important to developing great skill in martial arts. Some people are lazy though, and many instructors shouldn't be instructors to begin with.How important is fitness in regards to being able to perform your karate well?
To really answer this question we would have to define "fitness" and decide what we mean by "perform karate well". but I think I know what you're getting at- is a high level more valuable than fitness when it come to a match or fight? Who wins- the highly skilled, out of shape person or the highly fit, poorly skilled? That is simply a matter of whether the skilled person can subdue the fit person quickly, before fitness becomes a factor. why take chances? Work on the fitness.
Fitness will always helps the skilled and unskilled; lack of fitness always hurts both.
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