Ever measured your arm length?

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"Extend one arm to the side, perpendicular to the body. Measure the distance between the armpit and the tip of the fighter's closed fist. Record this number in a notebook and repeat the measurement on the other arm."

So that's how you measure arm length.
I'm personally 6'2 and have a 74 inch wingspan (which is a bit below average, should have a 75-76ish wingspan at this height) but I have a 26 1/4 inch arm length (66.5 cm) which is appaently not bad at all.
Maybe is it because I have very narrow shoulders for a guy my size.

What's yours?
 
GoatArtemLobov said:
"Extend one arm to the side, perpendicular to the body. Measure the distance between the armpit and the tip of the fighter's closed fist. Record this number in a notebook and repeat the measurement on the other arm."

So that's how you measure arm length.
I'm personally 6'2 and have a 74 inch wingspan (which is a bit below average, should have a 75-76ish wingspan at this height) but I have a 26 1/4 inch arm length (66.5 cm) which is appaently not bad at all.
Maybe is it because I have very narrow shoulders for a guy my size.

What's yours?
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For fighting , reach is actually more important than height. Height is mainly important because it is connected with reach.

Haven't measured but I have often been told I have above average or long reach at 5"10 height which makes it a lot easier to deal with bigger guys.
 
TheMaster said:
For fighting , reach is actually more important than height. Height is mainly important because it is connected with reach.

Haven't measured but I have often been told I have above average or long reach at 5"10 height which makes it a lot easier to deal with bigger guys.
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It's just like swimming, you often get told that you have to be tall for swimming, but if you are "only" 6'3 and have a 84 inch reach (like Sergey Pavlovich), it's better than being 6'7 and having a 80 inch reach.
However, for fighting, there might be a slight difference. Having you head up higher in the air might help for the jabbing contest, even if reachs are equal.
As a general rule, for striking, I think that:
tall and long reach>short and long reach>short and short reach>tall and short reach.

If you fall in the last category, you are just fucked up everywhere, whether it's at distance or on the inside.
 
TheMaster said:
For fighting , reach is actually more important than height. Height is mainly important because it is connected with reach.

Haven't measured but I have often been told I have above average or long reach at 5"10 height which makes it a lot easier to deal with bigger guys.
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It also depends on shoulder width, that's why arm length is more accurate than wingspan IMO (even if shoulder width also comes into play, but not as much...)
I for instance always feel like I have a reach advantage over everyone I fight/spar, despite my wingspan not being that great (74). If you look at UFC stats for instance, you have a lot of guys who are barely 6ft who have that reach and even more. That's why arm length seems more accurate to me, because it takes shoulder width (which could add a lot of inches or take off a lot of inches like in my case) out of the equation.
 
GoatArtemLobov said:
It's just like swimming, you often get told that you have to be tall for swimming, but if you are "only" 6'3 and have a 84 inch reach (like Sergey Pavlovich), it's better than being 6'7 and having a 80 inch reach.
However, for fighting, there might be a slight difference. Having you head up higher in the air might help for the jabbing contest, even if reachs are equal.
As a general rule, for striking, I think that:
tall and long reach>short and long reach>short and short reach>tall and short reach.

If you fall in the last category, you are just fucked up everywhere, whether it's at distance or on the inside.
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What category is 6'4 and 78" reach?

I feel height is an advantage because it has the effect of shortening your opponents reach when they are aiming for your head.
I spar with a guy that's 5'9 and he has to punch so high to get to my head and his head is at my shoulder level, so it is easy for me to use my full reach.
I hope I kinda make sense
 
Individualthoughtpatterns said:
What category is 6'4 and 78" reach?

I feel height is an advantage because it has the effect of shortening your opponents reach when they are aiming for your head.
I spar with a guy that's 5'9 and he has to punch so high to get to my head and his head is at my shoulder level, so it is easy for me to use my full reach.
I hope I kinda make sense
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The average APE index (reach divided by height) is somewhere around 1.03, so with a 78 inch reach and a 76 inch height, you have an around average reach.
 
I'm 178cm or 5'10" and have a 25" arm length and a 70" reach
 
TheMaster said:
For fighting , reach is actually more important than height. Height is mainly important because it is connected with reach.
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on a related note height is more important in the clinch compared to reach
 
Somehow I dont believe some of the reachs, its exgenerated. How can have MCG 74" reach if he is 5"7
 
I'm 5"5 68 inch reach, but it's pretty much all arms I have narrow shoulders
 
I’m 5’11 (180cm). Reach is 74 inches. 3 inches taller than my height.

I know a guy though who is 5’8 and when we compared wingspans he was way longer than me. Probably 76-77 inches which is 8 inches longer than his height
 
There’s just something pretty funny to me about a poster named Artem Lobov creating a thread about arm length.
 
I did. I have exactly the average arm and leg length for my height 186cm.:(

It looks good but my martial arts ego took a bruise
 
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