Nov 052009
There is no best art, only a practitioner, every one has their preferences. SO what martial art do you find works best for YOU? If you cross train please tell me what combination of arts you think work best for you. Please only people who train in arts, not a person behind the computer saying muay thai, BJJ, and wrestling because it works in the UFC. Thanks.
Hmm I wonder why these other posts are all different..
The reason is because the people themselves are different. They don’t all do the same martial art, nor are they the best at each other’s arts.
The art that works best in a real life situation is one that fits the one using it best. I am tall and pretty skinny, I am not so good at BJJ so that wouldn’t work for me. I do study Kyokushin, that does work for me. Am i a bad martial artist because I don’t study BJJ? No, nor am I inferior in any way. Am I a better martial artist because I study Kyokushin? No, nor am I superior in any way.
It’s all what is best for an individual, different arts are better for different people. None is best. Martial arts are not for you to compare yourself to other people, they are for you to compare yourself to yourself (what you were to what you have made yourself through training). So if you can’t compare to other people, how can you compare to their art? You can’t.
The one martial art that works the best for me is Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. I also love Judo. I’ve trained in Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan, BJJ with the police dept., and short periods of time in various other martial arts.
As any good martial artist knows, there is no best martial art. It all depends on the individual.
I primarily have studied Goju Ryu Karate, Judo and American Kenpo and feel these, out the many arts I have studied over 31 years, are the most practical for me since I have used them to save my life twice. In reality though it matters on the following:
1. How good the person is trained (Hence forth a good instructor).
2. If the person can learn to respond to attacks quickly and effectively.
3. If they are truly trained or just another two night a weeker at their local fitness based martial arts class.
4. If they have practiced in a live training environment where the other person is actually resisting their defensive techniques.
I am a Black Belt rank in Kodenkan Jujitsu. I also trained in Kenpo Karate. I loved the training involvement. Since my training days, I have taught private lessons and also at BYU Hawaii at what I called Self Defense. My opinion is to teach mainly very practical, simple offense as the best defense. Techniques that are easily learned & practical. I am in my 82nd year, and would rather avoid confrontation by using kindness whenever possible. I believe it is better to use avoidance techniques than physical tech’s. If confronted with physical abuse, you must use what it takes to STOP the Aggressor, by using the least damaging response with DECISIVENESS (NO DILLY-DALLYING) NO PONDERING. YOU MAY USE ONLY SUFFICIENT FORCE & VIOLENCE TO PREVENT AN ATTACKER FROM INFLICTING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH UPON YOU OR ANY INNOCENT PERSON. I base my teaching on the “Principles of Self Defense” as taught by Jeff Cooper in his book “Principles of Self Defense”. We must keep in mind that what ever the outcome, we will have to justify our actions possibly in a court of law.
OK, you said you wanted to know what works in real life situations. But then you said, don’t mention UFC. Just how much real life fighting do you think anyone has done? I mean, we’re not drunken hooligans picking fights every weekend in bars. Anyway, that’s no way to test the validity of your martial art.
I think UFC has taught us a lot. Basically that grappling is very important. More important than most people thought before UFC came around.
But UFC is deficient in one thing: what to do in mugging situations and when to run away. I mean, if somebody is coming at me full bore, I’m going to knock his legs out from under him and run away. Probably in a painful way. This isn’t the Wild West, and I’m not having grudge matches in the street at noon.
Mugging is the same way. As long as the mugger (who is probably pointing a gun at me or a loved one) threatens to kill me, I just cooperate and get it over with. Once he manhandles me, it’s time to grapple, and the gun is way less important. And still, my goal is to hurt him quickly, and run.
These are all theoretical because neither of these has happened to me. I don’t fight people outside of the dojo.
That said, I can tell you from personal experience, that in my judo dojo, they now learn greek wrestling as well as judo grappling because EVERY GUY who ever came to us with wrestling knowledge kicked our lilly white butts for over a year. Sometimes including the teacher. Great school. Wish I could be nearby to attend it.
I also think that you have to respect the school that has the most well-known students in the community. For example, where I live, many police officers are members at the local Brazilian Jujitsu School. If it wasn’t effective, they’d go somewhere else. I recommend you find the local police officers and security people and find out where they train. If they all or mostly all say the same style or the same school, you know that’s a winner because they really are fighting in real life – unlike almost everybody else in the real world.
If you are working from pure self defense in that he gets the 1st move the opponent decides what I use.If he ducks and tackles me trying to punch him isn’t going to do me much good .
Arts studied and still training in jujutsu aiki jutsu american kenpo goju ryu and shotokan that is I train in elements of those arts that work well for me.Next JANUARY will mark 50 years in the martial arts.
Any that spends a lot of time training against fully resisting opponents and doesn’t have silly restrictive rules that teach you bad habits (like leaving your hands down by your waist). It’s not the art OR the artist it’s the training methods.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=…
I’m partial to Okinawan karate, but have been known to pull techniques from other arts, such as Kung-fu. Also, Krav Maga has caught my eye, though I haven’t studied it in depth yet.
Im an Aussie chick, but i learn all martial arts weaponry i find the dragon stick useful, because you can do it with just about any pole you pick up!!!
jeet kune do or krav maga if you are the finnicky type who likes to learn one art form. I like MMA or Krav Maga the best personally.
Jeet Kune Do definately.
Brazilian Jui jitsu or boxing
ninjistu
There is no best. They all have strengths and weaknesses.
Drunken Monkey Kung Fu….
I predict many thumbs down on this one. lol
For me I prefer Tea Kwon Do and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Edit: LOL, yes I am sure. Tae not Tea. When I did spell check I accidentally hit “change” on all of them not ignore then went through very quickly to type it all back in.
I should say I have not been in Tae Kwon Do for some time. How ever it is still my base art and use the techniques and Philosophies my instructors taught me to this day.
Edit: What do you study?
the best combo is thai-jutsu