AboutTony Mendoza Jr. Expertise I can answer questions related to fitness and how it relates to martial arts. I specialize in helping martial artists improve their skills, balance, and striking power.
Experience I am a Certified Fitness Trainer with 27 years experience as well as a Kung Fu San Soo Black Belt with 14 years experience. I enjoy helping people improve their martial art skills. I am also a freelance writer on the subject and offer instructional material based on my writings. I have several websites where people can go to get information on how to improve their fitness and martial art skills.
Organizations I have either created or am associated with the following:
www.kungfutrainingsecrets.com (Kung Fu Training Secrets, Inc.)
www.goldenwolfe.blogspot.com (Blog - Diary of a San Soo Black Belt)
www.westcoastselfdefense.com (West Coast Self Defense, Inc.)
www.myspace.com/kungfutrainingsecrets (MySpace Site for my Students)
www.fitnessmindsets.com (Fitness Mindsets, Inc.)
www.fitnessmindsets.blogspot.com (Blog - Ask the Trainer)
www.phillipskungfu.com (Phillips School of Kung Fu San Soo)
Awards and Honors Certified Fitness Trainer (27 years)
3rd Degree Black Belt - Phillips School of Kung Fu San Soo (14 years)
Question QUESTION: I am a 25 year old WHo wants to start doing wushu.I'm 6 feet 3 inches tall, medium build with average flexibilty&fitness.Which style would best suit my body type?
ANSWER: Hello Lain,
Thank you for the question. I think that your body type could fit just about any style of self defense. I think the question you should be asking is, what is the ultimate reason for learning martial arts?
Is it mainly for learning to defend yourself on the street?
Is it mainly to create skills to compete against another in tournaments?
Is it mainly to create overall balance and health?
By answering each one of these questions for yourself you can better determine what martial art is best for you. Once you do this, re-submit the question to me and I will try and help you with your choice.
I look forward to hearing back from you!
Tony
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QUESTION: Hello again, The main reason would be for overall health & to fuse my body,mind,spirit & to generally feel better* also would like to add i read alot and am mostly interested in Chinese martial arts i.e-Kung fu but was wanting to know which style would best suit me.Internal or external+which style within those two different types. Thanks for replying
Iain
Answer Hello Lian,
For overall health and well being I would recommend one of the more internal (softer) arts such as aikido, tai chi, or possibly the Wushu styles. From those three suggestions there are many variations of them but all focus on internal power, health and wellness rather than the external (hard) aspects of martial arts.
I hope this moves you in the right direction and thank you for following up on your initial question!
