You bet! No chop. Especially for Southern European countries, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy, high unemployment and consumer recession injured them seriously and encumbered other countries.
So, in terms of weight, it depends what you weight is made up of, so if you've got more muscle mass that's going to help you, whereas if it's more fat then you've got to carry it.
Knowing that cutting a samurai's hair was often seen as a symbol of defeat and humiliation, it is a great example of a mature warrior who knows his true purpose and is not concerned with his own pride or grandiosity.