Whats your Five toughest impressive martial artists past and present.?

Question

Mine are in no order of excellence,

Bruce Lee.

Mas Oyama.

Gene LeBell

Sokaku Takeda

Miyamoto Musashi

Answer 1

present, JAYE GEARING,for the England Karate Kan, based at New Malden, Surrey

Answer 2

From Past to present.

Miyamoto Musashi

Ip Man

William Cheung

Kieth Maza

Many are not on this list because the list is to long. These are the ones I know the most about.

Some I know personaly and of course I'm Old but not old enough to know them all personaly.

Answer 3

Kimura, Oyama, Lee, Lebell, and I will say the Gracies.

Answer 4

WHAT?!? No Chuck Norris? : P

My list would be similar to the Zenlife's list except I'd put Musashi first and put Morehei Ueshiba instead of Takeda, because I believe the student surpassed the teacher in this case.

By the way, the list for me isn't about who is the toughest, but rather who had greatly influenced the martial arts for me both past and present. And for me Musashi, Ueshiba, Oyama, Lee and LeBell greatly influenced my views of the martial arts. I'd put Gracie on the list, but since I haven't trained in BJJ and therefore have no claim of any influence from that art, I don't think that would be honest of me to say so. But I'd also like to add Muhammad Ali on the list as the no.6, since boxing though considered by most as only a sport, still greatly influenced me in my training.

Answer 5

Bruce Lee

Chuck Norris

Royce Gracie

Matt Hughes

Lyoto Machida

Answer 6

Gogen Yamaguchi

Lam Sang

Pan Qing Fu

Yip Man

Doo Wai

Answer 7

Morihei Uyeshiba

Yip Man

Boddidharma, Ta Mo

Bruce Lee

Jigoro Kano

Answer 8

Anderson silva

Miguel torres

Tony Jaa

Rob mccollough

jet li

Answer 9

bruce lee

wanderley silva

anderson silva best ever

chuck liddell

gsp

Answer 10

Jet Li (fun to watch)

Roy Boehm (LCDR, USN, Ret, Godfather of all SEALs.)

Richard Marcinko (CAPT, USN, Ret.(created SEAL Team 6, first American Anti-Terrorism Unit))

Imi LIcthenfield (IDF, Creator of Krav Maga)

Moni Aizik (IDF Col, Ret. Sayeret Maktal, Creator Commando Krav Maga)

I went for real warriors for the most part, guys who have performed on the battlefields of the world not in the octagon or the ring.  These men are true martial artists, they fought for survival and country.

Answer 11

Morihei Uyeshiba.

(and if you don't believe he was tough read up on his history in China)

Miyamoto Musashi.  a man with that record deserves his place

Bruce lee.  the only artist I know of that could move faster than the human eye

Manuel Dos Reis Machado (aka Mestre Bimba) The man who lifted his art above and beyond the borders of an illegal street brawl activity and turned it into a true martial art.

Mestre Waldemar.  The only man reported to have beaten the famous Helio gracie in a fight

and many, many, many more.

Answer 12

Royce Gracie

Mas Oyama

Fedor Emelianenko

Oleg Taktarov(he's not the best or anything but he was tough and impressive)

Sakuraba Kazushi

Answer 13

chuck liddell

chuck liddell

chuck liddell

chuck liddell

kimbo slice

Answer 14

Royce Gracie

St. Pierre

Randy Couture

Chuck Liddel ( not much Martial arts??)

Bruce Lee (if UFC was around wonder what he would have done WOW

Mas Oyama (same as above)

Matt Hughes as an honorary mention because of the leagues are so incomparable