silat folks: is it true lots of the advanced silat people are short and fat?

[knifenut]

my trainer told me this yesterday

[knifenut]

well he said short and "heavy", by his tone and expression i take he ment fat

he said a lot of the silat moves are actually designed for heavy people, as they use their bodyweight in chokes etc

it's all a bit cloudy, because he choked me real weird on the ground by nearly pulling my wind pipe through the back of my neck with his forearm, i thought i was going to die...

[knifenut]

i see, but do you think a lot of masters are fat? i was wondering because the sayoc kali group is so fat, maybe it's not that uncommon...

ps my trainer is short and has a gut, but i wouldn't consider him "fat"

[knifenut]

ok thanks

[robbyrob]

Americans are the fatest nation and when they start teaching and making a grip on you learning silat...they tend to become fat as they eat better with the extra cash flow.
Also old age or older age does not help with the gut as I am starting to find out the hard way.