Some people have questioned why a second degree black belt in Shotokan Karate would be giving advice on a weightlifter board. Well I did in fact train weights as a younger man. I lied about my age because I didn't want to seem like an old timer. I'm actually 48 not 38. I'm no spring chicken. I have a very slight beer gut. As I said, I'm 6' 255 pounds. Pretty damn impressive for a 48 year old that never touched steroids in his life. I've always had a good base and never really needed to work out very much.
That's your problem. You think you are impressive, but that happens only in your mind. To anybody else you are just another old fart. I know, I am 47 myself. I don't have any illusion about my look, it doesn't mean anything to me. I am 178cm and weight 117 kilos, my body fat is around 12-15%, so I don't have a beer belly. I have black belt too, one from judo(I dan), one from Koryu Uchinadi-karate (III dan) one from Ki-aikido(Nidan II- dan), that's not a big deal. For this age, you have plenty of time to hang around. Point is this; If we put you in to perspective, you are nothing. Just another old fart with an attitude. Try to live with that.
Weight training translates to martial arts very well because obviously it adds to the power of your strikes. Grab a few light weights after you perform a workout and do punches with your shoulders raised. This is good for your deltoids. You'll notice all boxers have powerful deltoids. It's very important for fighting. This sort of activity is also great cardio. Weightlifters should definately learn martial arts. Just think how much more confident you are as a bodybuilder with large muscles. Add the confidence that martial arts brings and you will feel great.
Only major improvement which I have been able to bring from martial arts to weight lifting is flexibility. On another way around benefits are clear; I have more weight and more power. If I do Kokyu-nage with full power, I can send uke to orbit...but there isn't anything new about that. It is common knowledge, so what is your point? There isn't any.
Today I was standing in line at the bank and I waited a long time before moving to the teller because I knew the guy behind me(a young guy with a peirced nose) wouldn't do anything because of my imposing size combined with my karate experience. This confidence permeates every aspect of your life. Not just fighting. It's a whole new attitude and it's a responsibility. I'm in a happy place right now. I don't want to preach, but it helps if you have Jesus in your life. Jesus gets me through every day and keeps me from doing the wrong thing.
What he should be doing while waiting in line in the bank. F*uck you in the ass? Beat the hell out of you, because you are standing in front of him in line? Did you really scare in there? You have train karate because you are afraid that some pierced punk rape you in the bank? You hate people which you don't know, you call them punks, you are afraid of them. You imagine yourself to beat a living shit out from that pierced punk, and you get a "hard-on" from that. You are mentally sick, uncertain homophobic and you are just plain hypocritical when you talk about Jesus. You are just full of shit.
