[BLACK PANTA]

Originally Posted by WushuPadawan001

I love to lift so I do it 5-6 times a week. But that's just me. Does it help my MA? Eh, not really (I'm a kung fu guy fyi). Helps with hang time on them fancy kicks, but that's about it.

I personally dont weight lift, however i do plan to. Wushu weight lifting does help your KF. Strengthing your legs will aid your kicks and stances. Your shoulders, back and arms for core and punching. However the exercises you learn in your class may be enough. But also weight lifting may give you that extra edge.

[bushidoka]

Weight lifting is very important. If how hard you hit is equal to your MASS times speed (very loose definition, I know, but good enough for this), increasing MASS is one of only 2 ways possible to increase you impact. How can you ignore this?
Speed is, of course, the best way of increasing impact, but if your speed remains the same and your mass increases, what happens? You start walking through walls!
finesse is fine, but it's nice to be able to just pick them up and slam 'em down when all else fails.
Case in point #2: If you are both evenly matched skill wise, your opponent is 160 lb, but you are 190 on the same frame, who wins? It won't be the pencil neck.
If you're a fighter, you hit the weights. If you fight alot, you don't have to ask why.