Martial Arts Are Bad for Your Health

"Medicine is always somewhat toxic, and martial arts leave you covered in injuries. If you train incorrectly, you won't strengthen your body. You'll only harm it."

"Those who practice external techniques have nothing but brute strength and are doomed to a miserable old age. Those who practice internal techniques fancy themselves cultivated and composed, yet fly into impotent rages whenever trouble arises."

"So when my enemies come knocking, should I talk them to death like you do?"

"Of course not. I'm going to teach you a set of light-footed skills called... 'Marathon.'"

"...Never mind that I've never even heard of this technique. They call me the Flying Heroine of Shu, and you think you're going to teach me light-footed skills?"

"Do you believe me when I say you can't outrun me?"

(The author has extensive experience in the Snow Mountain triathlon, has qualified for the amateur second-class marathon standard, runs a full marathon in under four hours and a half marathon in under two, and has cycled 100 kilometers in four hours and forty-nine minutes. You can read with confidence.)