Absolutely!

“as kenpo practioners should we be more cognicent of our health as well as our art?”

Absolutely! My point was merely that many of these “kenpo bellied” practitioners are carrying excessive subcutaneous fat. That is, fat that is on top of muscle, in the case of many of these people, very well conditioned muscle. This as opposed to “intermuscular fat”, or fat this is deposited between the muscle fibers due to inactivity and excessive caloric intake.
Subcutaneous fat is very difficult to loose, especially after 40 years of age. Drastic reduction of food and alcohol intake is an absolutely essential component of the belly reduction process.

Ted