Which martial art(s) is (are) the best in your opinion?

Question

for fighting - anywhere!

Answer 1

i studied a bit of moo duk kwan, and i was taught no kicks at all. kicks are for ballerinas and magazine covers. drumming and the v-step are the keys to moo duk kwan.

any martial art can be good, as long as there is good practice. everything goes back to the teacher you have, and whether they drill fundamentals into you over and over again, or teach you "secret techniques" which are better suited for movies than fighting.

i have world class judo teachers, so my thing is, if i get in close, someone gets planted, even if i have to throw an elbow first. karate is more long distance, though funakoshi became softer and more circular in old age. young karateka do not generally grasp this. aikido, ba gua, tai chi, hsing yi, and the old school muay thai are great. then again, so is hindu wrestling.

and saying judo is good for smaller people misses the principles of judo. read up on anton geesink and george harris. two physical giants who changed the art. even the japanese had to admit these two broke the definition of judo advantage. george harris is 75, and he can still bring the hammer down with the best of them.

Answer 2

Most martial arts can be very effective if you are fully devoted to them, but they all have their weaknesses. You could train in a single martial art all your life, and while you would be quite formidable, there would still probably be another martial art that would be effective at counteracting your martial art. So, I would say the best martial art would be a combination of as many martial arts as possible, combined with extreme mental and physical training. In my opinion, some of the best martial arts to learn are Krav Maga, Okinawan Karate, Savate, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, and Judo.

Krav Maga is excellent because of how much it prepares you for. You learn to deal with any situation you can think of, such as fighting someone with a knife or gun, and you also learn how to fight or escape multiple (sometimes up to 10) opponents at a time. Krav Maga is used everyday to stay alive, and because of this, it is effective.

Okinawan Karate in general might not be the best martial art, but some dojos teach vital points of attack. And while some people dispute their effectiveness, learning them properly could make you very lethal, disabling opponents in one or two hits.

I just put Savate because, if taught in the streets of France, it can be one of the dirtiest martial arts. Some people might not like to fight dirty, but it has its advantages.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is an excellent martial art for grappling situations. It teaches you in grappling and ground fighting, and has a multitude of holds that could force your opponent into submission.

Muay Thai is one of the best "boxing-like" martial arts. But Muay Thai is generally more dangerous than boxing or kickboxing. In Muay Thai you'll learn to fight with fists, elbows, shins, and knees. Using your whole body will give you quite an advantage. Muay Thai also puts your body in top condition. In Thailand, the home of Muay Thai, fighters train in the hot and humid rainforests, toughening their bodyparts against trees and sometimes even clay pots.

Judo is especially effective for smaller people. Using Judo, a small person could be a match for someone twice their size. Judo focuses on using your opponents momentum against them. Learning Judo would give you a balance and understanding of momentum that most martial arts wouldn't.

Along with learning all of this, I think one of the best things you could do would be to train with Shaolin monks. Even though that probably won't happen, it would be very nice. Shaolin monks are some of the toughest people I have seen in my years of examining martial arts. They constantly condition their body, which is one of the most crucial parts of martial arts.

Answer 3

This question is asked over, and over again here. There is no best martial art. There is no such thing as a "superior" art, they all take you to the same destination, defense. There are only better fighters, teachers, and sometimes schools. Arts don't fight, we do. We utilize the art, we fight.

Use the search engine. This question is asked like 7 times a day.

http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_r...

Answer 4

Combine American Kenpo with MMA!

It covers EVERY aspect of a fight! PERIOD!

American Kenpo covers weapons defense and "dirty" techniques to stop/cripple your attacker. Of course lots of striking is involved too. Also American Kenpo was developed by Ed Parker to be more realistic then other traditional fighting styles.

MMA covers EVERYTHING ELSE! MMA covers stand-up fighting, takedowns, and of course ground fighting!

Last but NOT least it is NOT hard to incorporate "dirty" techniques into MMA fighting! Who can't eye gouge or strike the throat?

Also remember MMA is a mixture of martial arts! The best is Muay Thai, Boxing, Wrestling and BJJ.

Answer 5

Uh...as a Krav Maga instructor, a Combat SAMBO student and again taijiquan student I have my biases, we all do.  Among my fellow veterans of Sayaret (same Krav Maga training) perhaps the best fighter I have seen is one who learned White Crane and Yang Style Tai Chi very well, so he had the fierce instinct and experience of a combat hardened veteran and the really amazing technique from many years of Kung Fu and Taijiquan.  But these CMA skills were not acquired overnight.

I also have continued my taijiquan study, as I now see that techniques flow into one another, regardless of how you get there.  I takes me 3 months to train a pretty fierce Krav Maga student, if he has it in him, he will fight, this is how we train them.  Are they skilled, well, will they damage another person, without a doubt, if they can.

A very learned man told me it takes 5 years to train a quality taijiquan fighter, a few years to train a good Kung Fu fighter.  they delve into things much deeper than we do, we teach reflexive responses ti quickly get out of bad situations, we frequently assume lesser skilled opponents.  

These other CMA fighters learn things that I wish I could explain, but I would come off sounding stupid, which I frequently do any way.  There is so much to it, far more than I could explain here...I've read books that make my head spin.  Many of the CMA's were evolved over many years.  In the combat arts we take techniques, make them ours and reflexively train people to respond hard and fast.

A combat fighter takes much less time to train and he is about survival and quickly dispatching other people on the field of battle or on the street, this is the way we train them.  A true martial artist, well...I dunno, I don't think I could really  explain it well.

Look, the best art is the one in which you are comfortable and enjoy.  There are combat arts which are about combat and martial arts, like Hung Gar, White Crane, Taijiquan, which although I have participated in and seen, still have little understanding of.  Want to learn to kick *** in a hurry, go with a combat art.  If you want a lifelong endeavor, try Chinese Martial Arts.   You want to be in the UFC, well you can figure out that one yourself.

Answer 6

I like Krav Maga its the one the  SEALs use

Answer 7

Well, I am a Judo girl.

I cannot throw punches or kick as hard as guys twice my size, or my size even. But I can throw a guy twice my size.

So yeah, judo is the best self defense for me.

Try and grab me, and you're dead.

Answer 8

The first Martial Art that I studied was Tae Kwan Do.  Moo Duk Kwan.  It is about 80% kicks and 20% punches.  I then studied Ishin Ro which is just the opposite.  Mostly punches and less kicks.  That rounded me out pretty nicely until I got into a real fight with someone who was on drugs and had a knife.  I beat him but, it took every bit of training I had then possesed so, I enrolled in the school of Ken Po which is hand to hand and using your oponents moves against him.  Not sure that was enough I then enrolled in another Martial Art which I cannot  reveal here.  I would advise you to start with Aikido.  It will give you a good base to begin with but, don't stop studying there.  Good luck.

Answer 9

Kyokushin karate or Muay thai and judo or jiu jitsu

Answer 10

I think the best martial art is freestyle or brawling because that is the most entertaining.

Answer 11

The best ones in my opinion are:

Muay Thai

any type of jiu jitsu

Judo

Sambo

Kung Fu

Karate

TKD

Krav Maga

Answer 12

Muay Thai would give your body excellent conditioning and it utilizes parts of your body that most people wouldn't think to use in a fight, ie: you're elbows, knees, and shins. Not just your fists

Answer 13

I study Tae Kwon Do, so of course I'm going to say that is the best martial art.

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