User blog comment:Trulyrandom/Lets add some science to our articles/@comment-2253300-20120915104153/@comment-4608429-20120915161034

Legion: The reason why they have weight catogaries in martial art based sports is because they have rules, so the weeker opponent won't have as many options (eg: gouging out eyes, biting, locking up joints) so they will more often than not end up having to rely on strength or agility to avoid the blows, and strength will win in those situations.

Supah: Like I said to Legion, you can't do all the sensable stuff like biteing and gouging that you can in a real fight but not in judo and the like. while it is true that someone with on training might have good reflexes, I doubt that they would outclass someone who has trained for a long time, though if they were a niewbie then that might not be the case.

On the real combat note, while you're opponent will be fighting for his life, so will you, and this will lend you the same benefits that they will get. That and the fact that you're body will take over, and you will not be thinking about what you are doing, just reacting, as you would have (hopefuly) been training long enough that it would have become an inbuilt reaction, like moving away from touching a hot object before you feel the pain.

On the ferrier note: yes, he did knock out a horse fter it had kicked him, though the blow was to the back of the head and it was only down for a few seconds (I'm about 11-12 stone and he can pick me up with one hand). XD