Great Chinese master coming to town

[jnp]

Maybe roy's new nickname should be Sexyhama"

Roy likes hambeast better. Or maybe he just likes ham, I forget.

[WhiteShark]

Maybe roy's new nickname should be Sexyhama"

[tao.jonez]

It about being big.
In college I worked with the Foreign Student Union and we would conduct Round Tables where the foreign students and American students could sit down and share their culture. The foreign students go to work on their English and the Americans got to drool over the hotties. The Japanese girls like me. I was big, muscular, spoke Japanese. However they LOVED my boy Mike who was bigger, fluffy, spoke little Japanese. They referred to him as Pachinko-chan and were all over him.

I'm saddened and a little shocked by this.
Based on your anecdote, Roy Nelson is sexier than Sexiyama...in Japan anyway.

[tao.jonez]

Yep. I meant the guys who are Oyama fat, not hambeast fat.

Were you thinking of something like this article? http://www.archaeology.org/0811/abst...gladiator.html

Preciesly - From the article:

"Gladiators, it seems, were fat. Consuming a lot of simple carbohydrates, such as barley, and legumes, like beans, was designed for survival in the arena. Packing in the carbs also packed on the pounds. "Gladiators needed subcutaneous fat," Grossschmidt explains. "A fat cushion protects you from cut wounds and shields nerves and blood vessels in a fight." Not only would a lean gladiator have been dead meat, he would have made for a bad show. Surface wounds "look more spectacular," says Grossschmidt. "If I get wounded but just in the fatty layer, I can fight on," he adds. "It doesn't hurt much, and it looks great for the spectators."

Thank you sir, I'll be doing pushups.

[W. Rabbit]

It about being big.
In college I worked with the Foreign Student Union and we would conduct Round Tables where the foreign students and American students could sit down and share their culture. The foreign students go to work on their English and the Americans got to drool over the hotties. The Japanese girls like me. I was big, muscular, spoke Japanese. However they LOVED my boy Mike who was bigger, fluffy, spoke little Japanese. They referred to him as Pachinko-chan and were all over him.

lol nvm....read this wrong the first pass.

[Gezere]

Wait, so all those fat white guys who fantasize about living in Japan really would have it made if they moved to Japan? If so, the Bujinkan makes far more sense to me now.

It about being big.
In college I worked with the Foreign Student Union and we would conduct Round Tables where the foreign students and American students could sit down and share their culture. The foreign students go to work on their English and the Americans got to drool over the hotties. The Japanese girls like me. I was big, muscular, spoke Japanese. However they LOVED my boy Mike who was bigger, fluffy, spoke little Japanese. They referred to him as Pachinko-chan and were all over him.

[W. Rabbit]

Yep. I meant the guys who are Oyama fat, not hambeast fat.

Were you thinking of something like this article? http://www.archaeology.org/0811/abst...gladiator.html

See this is the problem with absolutes like "fat", "not fat".

Feeble minded false dichotomies.

Oyama had a nice Buddha belly that probably deflected body blows nicely.

[MrGalt]

Anyway there's American Pig on a Couch fat, and there's Fedor fat. I've read (citation needed) that Roman Gladiators would intentionally get a gut as it added protection to their mid-section. Personal anecdote; I bicycled 100 miles from Selma NC to Wilmington with an overweight guy and he kicked my ass every pedal stroke. I get it.

Yep. I meant the guys who are Oyama fat, not hambeast fat.

Were you thinking of something like this article? http://www.archaeology.org/0811/abst...gladiator.html

[Larus marinus]

Wait, so all those fat white guys who fantasize about living in Japan really would have it made if they moved to Japan? If so, the Bujinkan makes far more sense to me now.

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Wait, so all those fat white guys who fantasize about living in Japan really would have it made if they moved to Japan? If so, the Bujinkan makes far more sense to me now.

[Sri Hanuman]

Might also explain why teenage girls mob Ryabko whenever he's down Shinjuku way.

Caviar-scented cock.

[Larus marinus]

Now, back to YMAS - Tubby guys (strong men, rikishi) are considered sexy & desirable in Japan?

How do you think that Seagal managed to become the first white man to open an Aikido dojo in Japan? The Aikikai is not unfamiliar with the concept of the casting couch either...

Might also explain why teenage girls mob Ryabko whenever he's down Shinjuku way.

[tao.jonez]

Gah, stop with the facts evergrey and Gezere. Facts are for MABS and the training fora. This is YMAS.

Anyway there's American Pig on a Couch fat, and there's Fedor fat. I've read (citation needed) that Roman Gladiators would intentionally get a gut as it added protection to their mid-section. Personal anecdote; I bicycled 100 miles from Selma NC to Wilmington with an overweight guy and he kicked my ass every pedal stroke. I get it.

Now, back to YMAS - Tubby guys (strong men, rikishi) are considered sexy & desirable in Japan?

[Larus marinus]

Given that he has a stick, gloves, shoes, and a horse on his side, I think the tubby guy would beat the shit out of those shoeless villagers chasing after the bag of rice his horse is carrying.

What if they know TKD anti-cavalry techniques?

Actually, I think that that pic was taken when he was on the run from villagers furious that village's lone bull could no longer baby cow create because punched in head.

[Gezere]

Trust me Oyama would hit you in the face. Also in comparison to other Asians he was overweight. Also there is a reason that rikishi are generally hired has doormen and bodyguards. They also pull a lot of tail.