Patrick wrote:There is no confusion. Motor fitness (as health factors) is specifically defined and can be measured.
Cardio vascular system: VO2max
Endurance: lactat steady state
Strength: Fmax
Explosive power: ΔF
Flexibility: ranges of motion
etc.
You either got it or you don’t; when you do it will manifest itself in many other things that you do.
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You're completely leaving out sport-specific conditioning. The OP was talking about fitness FOR fighting/competition I believe. These are only measures of general conditioning. I know plenty of people in the kinesiology department that have higher VO2maxs, MLSS, 1RMs, flexibility, etc, that no nothing about how to move with another person.
To my knowledge research hasn't been done on fitness characteristics of good IMA practitioners (but I'm working on it!).
The most important point is that "fitness" of an IMA practitioner cannot be something completely different than that of a MMA athlete or of a tennis player. Fitness is fitness.
windwalker wrote:why are the arts degrading so fast?
who says they are?
According to him, the wrong exercises and practices will produce the wrong kind of conditioning and you'll make no progress. Until a base level of conditioning has been achieved you'll make no progress. viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25517&start=60
Steve James wrote:Taiji masters don't need to run
johnwang wrote:IMO, RSF is getting further and further away from the real world.
Bao wrote:johnwang wrote:IMO, RSF is getting further and further away from the real world.
You don't post often here nowadays.
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