We constantly see passive aggressive references on here about ‘fat’ martial arts instructors and martial artists. People put on weight for a number of reasons and it’s not always laziness. It can be caused by medication, hormone treatment, illness, injury, depression, addiction and other reasons beyond their control. Do you think anyone wants to be overweight? Anyone training to deal with it, particularly in such a judgemental environment should be admired and supported, not ridiculed. I’ve lost ‘friends’ for pulling them up over this, people saying that fat people are ‘lazy’ and should get their asses of the couch, train … Continue reading Overweight Martial Artists..