2006-07-23 16:14:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
There is no best martial art. I have practiced Karate for many years but have a great respect for other martial arts. I personally think that the best art is a combination of arts. Most of the modern day arts are a combination of two or more arts anyway.
The combination of Karate and Aikido is very strong. They are opposite of each other and compliment each others weakness.
Karate is considered a "hard" art that uses linear (straight) movements and gets its power from your body movements.
Aikido is a "soft" art that uses circular movements and gets its power from the opponents movements.
I think the two together are close to unbeatable.
2006-07-24 01:04:04 · answer #1 · answered by Sensei Rob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Karate and Aikido are as different as night and day. Karate is an"ëxtenal" art depending on powerful blocks strikes and kicks. Aikido is an ïnternal"art depending on Ki/Chi development and defeating (without injuring if possible) an attacker by use of Projections (throws) and immobilizations (joint locks & pins). Compairing Aikido to Karate is like compairing Chess to Checkers. You can become self defence competent in Karate in about a fifth of the time it will take you in Aikido. There are dozens of different Karate styles which will more or less look the same. There are only four main "styles" of Aikido: Yoshinkan - hardest & most combat effective, Tomiki - quite a few of these that have some Judo like competition, Ki Society - mostly spiritual, & the main one that follows The Founders teaching post WW2 - Aikikai. If you are young and interested more in learning to fight; then go Karate. If you are mature and want to study a thinking mans Martial Art - go Aikido.
2016-03-27 04:35:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. BJJ/Muay Thai. Krav Mega is good too, as is Sambo. TK, Karate, Aikido, Ninjitsu, Kung Fu, and all of the rest is completely worthless unless facing someone else who happens to be using the same martial art.
2006-07-23 23:54:40 · answer #3 · answered by John R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found that if you combine the two it works really well. Aikido lacks the attacks and karate lacks the subtle moves of aikido.
2006-07-24 19:30:26 · answer #4 · answered by rexski 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no best art. Martial arts and teh versatility of human CQC and hand to hand combat is limitless. there are new styles, dialects, alterations showing up every day, all good and bad in there own aspects. For example i am a 3rd degree of Wing-Chun Kung-Fu style but they have wushu and many otehr styles of Kung-Fu. And people starting up new forms every day. Or old ones beign brought out from years of mystery. To say one martial art is the best is pretty uninformed and ignorant.
2006-07-23 19:36:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to beat people up, karate. If you want to learn something more gentle and meditative, aikido. It depends on your goal.
2006-07-24 04:35:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you like bone crunching blocks, kicks, punches then karate. If you like non-aggressiveness and throws then aikido.
2006-07-25 05:13:48 · answer #7 · answered by Robert S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 'best' is whichever one you feel most comfortable with and which meets your goals. If there were one 'best' from some external criterion, there wouldn't be so many to choose from. Don't limit yourself to just two options; explore a number of possibilities.
2006-07-23 16:20:26 · answer #8 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my opinion aikido
2006-07-25 01:22:43 · answer #9 · answered by jake_samurai_chef 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Martial arts are so gay, I beat up asian kids all the time.
2006-07-23 16:17:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋