Does this really happen???

well my father said he used to do alot of martial arts and fighting styles and then he had me, after years past by i am so good and athletic, and that type of fighter who catches up in alot of things, well my question is did my father past those talents to me?? or is it just a coincidence. and all my friends are impressed b'cuz i am so good at fighting and acrobatics, also i didnt really take to much martial arts i am lazy sometimes, but yes i pratice usually. im chinese and korean, so my friends assume im really talented is b'cuz im asian which im not offended of, im actually proud of myself.

Does this really happen???
Some of it is genetic. Some of it your own.
Reply:50 -50 has to be.. since his like muscles and flexibility should hve gone to you..
Reply:It's partially because of your genes. I'm the same here. Me= balckbelt. Yep, be proud of our asian culture. =) But you also trained your stamina and you are the one who makes your strength grow.
Reply:Could be either. You may have inherited certain physical traits and talents that he has that made you more able to be a martial artist, which is pretty like likely, because it is possible , but not very likely, that you didn't inherit anything from him that woulhave helped you, but you just by chance happen to have other traits that also make you prone to being good at martial arts.





How's that for a vague answer?
Reply:Though some behavior is genetic, I think that its a coincidence because you cannot be born good at something such as martial arts and fighting styles.
Reply:There's no evidence that your father could have passed on particular martial arts skills to you. For instance you wouldn't be good at Judo if your dad had done Judo, but good at Karate if he'd done Karate.





However, athletic people tend to have athletic children. That's genetically likely. Moreover, many martial arts, like Tae Kwon Do, were designed over many many years for relatively small groups of people (relative to the world's population).





What that means is that the forms of many stances and katas work better for people who are built like the people who developed the martial arts. I used to do Tae Kwon Do, but I had trouble getting the footwork just right in some cases because I have a different leg-length to torso-length ratio than most Koreans.





So, the relationship between your father's skill at martial arts and yours is probably based on share genes for athleticism and similarly good fit for the martial arts he exposed you to.
Reply:I am of nordic descent traditionally long limbed and flexible which I am.This has helped me greatly in some aspects of MA so I would say it's genetic.I dont think ASIAN has anything to do with it physically but other non physical factors may figure in also.Depends how you were brought up.
Reply:It all depends on what way you like to see it. in my biotech class we've discuss this. If your father is going to be a doctor, are you? since there we only know what a small number of genes out of many, function for. the unknown genes could possibly be for that, but two twins seperated at birth living in different cities, both became firemen, both married a girl with the same hair color, both divourced them, and then remarried another girl who both have similiar attributes. If you wanna think its genetics go ahead, if not dont. i mean you see alot of skinny dads out there with fat kids... and imm pretty sure those fatties cant run as fast as their dads. but i think its mostly because youve been exposed to it more.
Reply:as u said u r lazy n dont practise alot in martial art but then also u r good at fighting so ya there is possibilites of yr father chromosome
Reply:Some of it is genetic. Some of it your own
Reply:training practice not hereditary
Reply:Some of it is genetic and sure could be in your blood from your dad. Some of it is state of mind .... rock on bro
Reply:You may have inherited some physical trait. That's all. Some people are naturally talented.


Perhaps your father trained around you when you were little.

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