[FFML] Genma and fitness [was] Kung fu Panda poster

[LT Kevin McHorney]

So how would he fare against Chuck Norris?

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Received: Fri, 30 May 2008 08:59:44 PM PDT
From: Steffan <res1hhv1 at verizon.net>
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Subject: Re: [FFML] Genma and fitness [was] Kung fu Panda poster

> The greatest sumo wrestler I ever saw was so immensely fat that you 
> wouldn't think he could even move under his own power - yet I'd bet he 
> had the strength to push a railroad locomotive with no problem.
> 
> The best sumotori would likely kick Schwartzenegger's or Stallone's butt 
> in less time than it takes to tell about it.  :p
> 
> --Steffan
> 
> Mike Ching wrote:
> > It's pretty obvious that Genma's neither unfit nor unhealthy--but you
could note that in your fics that (untrained) people might assume him to be
otherwise. Despite being told Book != Cover, average people by nature judge on
appearances. Heck, you could even use that as a story point if you want to
(idiot tries to challenge Genma thinking he's a fat slob, only to get his
behind handed to him).
> >
> > Another note: remember cultural perceptions. Western people think Sumo
wrestlers are just fat slobs, but in Japan (and in some Asian countries),
people of that large size are generally associated with strength. It may be
just me, but the Greco-Roman aesthetic of strength=well-defined, chiseled
muscles only turns up in western art. Eastern Art that I've seen (Japanese,
Chinese, Indian) never seem to portray men with 'perfect' musculature*. In
fact, some of them seem to have sort-of potbellies. Seeing that Easterners
place an emphasis on inner strength coming from the stomach, this makes a bit
of sense.
> >
> > (*NOTE that I could be damn wrong on this!)
> >
> > In fact, I think it's only in recent times (i.e. 20th Century) that
eastern people have been taking on the 'ripped muscular' bodybuilder image as
a sign of strength.
> >
> > - Wavehawk
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> > <i>"They sicken of the calm who know the storm."</i>
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> >
> >   
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