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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orlax" data-source="post: 7682803" data-attributes="member: 6801305"><p>No, anyone that actually does martial arts can attest, no amount of knowledge will be of any use if your body can't hold up to the task.  That's why martial artists train religiously, to keep their bodies in peak physical performance capability.  Yes there are some movies that employ some level of "kung fu magic" but that's freaking magic.  Also lets not confuse Pat Morita, the actor, and Kesuke Miyagi, the character he played.  Pat Morita is a comedian, and actor who at the age of 2 got spinal TB, spent 9 years cycling through various Northern California hospitals, and after extensive spinal surgery and relearning how to walk was moved to an internment camp during WWII, didn't actually know a lick of karate or any kind of martial arts, and spent his life post internment life wracking up actor and comedian creds like working for Groundlings.  Kesuke Miyagi was an Okinawan Japanese Immigrant that grew up learning martial arts, immigrated to the US to avoid fighting and quite likely winning a fight to the death, was placed in an internment camp in California, and then entered the US army, specifically ending up in the 442 infantry regiment (one of the most decorated regiments in the history of the army, including 12 medal of honor recipients) where he taught his commanding officer karate.  I'm going to say this guy had a long life where he was in fact quite physically capable, he passed army training practices, and was in the most decorated army regiment of all time where he taught his commanding officer karate.  Yes Pat Morita looks like someone that was likely far from physically imposing for his entire life, however the character he played was one with a long, active and physically demanding life.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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