Which martial art is most practical overall?

Question

muay thai or hapkido

-i am looking for great self defense and overall fitness.

Answer 1

Any of the self defence reality based arts will help but the real answer is what you personally feel comfortable with and can adapt to more easily :)***

Answer 2

Mixed Martial Arts are so under estimated and the misconceptions are soooo huge.  Any one can be a Mixed Martial Artist and I mean anyone.  Go study Boxing for three months, then some judo to about blue belt ( Americanized Belt Ranking ) then some Jujitsu to about Blue belt ( Americanized Rank ) then hook up with some kick boxers at your local Boxing gym and then seek out some Muay Thai training and BAAM!!! about a year and a half to two years after you start you should be ready to take on the world.  Everyone Thinks that MMA is one solid art form and in a tactical sense it kind of is, but the true MMA pratitioner borrows the best techniques from as many arts as he thinks will give him the upper hand in a scientific real world sense.  Nothing beats Mixed Martial Arts....NOTHING!!  Pureist Arts suck out loud...where are these arts in the cage? getting stomped and never coming back that's where!!!

Answer 3

Any martial art will give you both of what you are looking for if trained correctly under a good instructor. This means a school that trains realisticly with progressive resistance.

Given a choice of the two i would choose Hapkido, because in addition to fairly balanced striking between hands and feet, it also does teach a lot of throws, locks, chokes, and take downs, which Muay Thai does not really cover, at least not as it's taught most places.

This is just a personel preferance, as either one will give you what you are looking for.

Answer 4

i do muay thai and it is only good for a bar room brawl or a back alley street fight and i have beenin fights and used mauy thai.it really isnt a self defense style.so i would go for hapaikdo but the conditionng for muay thai is out standing.