to your understanding and experience with martial arts, which martial arts is the best of all?

Answer 1

Any martial arts training is better than no martial arts training! What is best, can only be answered by "What do you want from martial arts training".

No professional in this field will offend another martial arts, it is just something we do not do. To say a Japanese style is better than a Chinese style, and to say Korean is better than Okinawa, or Japanese Ju-Jitsu is better than Brazilian Ju-Jitsu, or can a good high-school wrestler defend himself on the street is a question that is impossible to answer, because on the street where you may have to fight for your life, or save a girl from being raped, or protecting an elderly person from being robbed, is not a question of what martial arts is better, it is how well you were trained, and how you can fight in the situation you are in.

The philosophy behind Krav Maga differs greatly from other types of martial arts and self-defense systems. We do not teach "Katas" (forms) we do a building block process of teaching our students how they can get out of a situation. Our pillars of training are based on:

1. Simultaneous Defense and Attack
2. Continuous Motion
3. Decisive Action
4. Focus and strike the vulnerable soft tissue and pressure points.
5. Learning Process.

In Krav Maga you will start with the simplest defense, known as the 360 defense, which will enhance your peripheral vision and protect yourself from being hit from an outside attack. You will learn basic upper and lower body strikes (the art of using your fist, elbows, knees,and feet) to hit your attacker(s). You will also learn how to defend against incoming strikes, tackles, chokes, and other movements.

In sum, our training is as real as possible. When a studen boy or girl, man or woman, old or young must escape from a bear-hug, believe me in my studio, the must escape from a bear-hug applied by a 220lb power-lifter. When one of my students must take an opponent down, the opponent is much bigger and stronger than the student. We do this in Krav Maga to give the most realistic training possible.

So, if the martial arts you take can prepare you to survive on the street, to protect your loved ones, to win...then it doesn't matter what the name of the martial arts is....it matters on the quality of training you received, the quality of your instructor, and will it work for you on the street.

Answer 2

There is a famous American singer who, in China, sings Chinese songs with absolute perfect accent that no one can believe he cannot speak Chinese. I think then, this person sings well - but only that song. Likewise, one who can perform a poomsae or kata with absolute perfect technique might do just that - but nothing else. The difference is between understanding and mimicry. Imagine two people doing a poomsae with good technique. But one copied and studied it from a DVD or YouTube video and did not do anything else to learn the form (or the techniques within the form!) At face value, it may be difficult to tell the two appart, especially if our fraudster is good at his trade. To find out, it is a matter of simple training exercises: telling the two performers apart can be done by changing minor details: do the form in reverse; change the form (on the fly) to the condition that the attacker is only a left-handed attacker; change all side kicks to hook kicks; doing the form blind folded; have students try to distract you; etc. But then there is something to be said for good mimicry; it takes a person with good martial arts skills to mimic a form well. As such, there is still value in just being able to do the form. I think, though, the person who has no understanding of what s/he's doing will bore easily. For these students, they do not know how or where to improve (because in reality, no one does forms or techniques perfectly anyway). And they will soon want to move on. The truth will come, as I have seen many times, when a student who thinks he's good enough to move on is asked to teach a junior student how to do a technique or form. It is here that the student realizes they don't know what they thought they knew.

Answer 3

Since I am a woman, I prefer Shorin Ryu Karate. This type of martial art is easy to learn and very effective for self defense.

The following link contains some basic imformation on this type of martial art.

http://www.nyc-shorinryu.com/shorin.html

Answer 4

which ever you prefer
If you like doing it , you'll get good at it.
I have studied Aikido for years, and I like it for the fact that it is a non offensive martial art. It does not engage fighting but rather provides you with thechniques to defend yourself when attacked.
It shows you the eternal truth that the best response to threat or combat is no response at all (ignore or run)
As our Grand master Morihei Uyeshiba said it.
Whoever uses violence will lose. whoever uses peace shall prosper

Answer 5

There's no "best" martial art. Whatever style suits you as an individual will be best for you.

Answer 6

hate martial arts

Answer 7

I am also going to go with judo, my boss does it and some of the stuff he can do is amazing also Brazilian ju jitsu is handy stuff...and a side note kung fu is easily the worst self defense technique

Answer 8

there is not one better then the other, its a matter of how well you know it, many different kinds focus on many different things. ex. weapons, defense offense, using opponents strength against them..blah blah blah ya get the point ya know..

Answer 9

Aikido & Judo. Because your using your opponents weight & power to outdo him.

Answer 10

for ground fighting and takedown, aikido is the best, but for standup fighting kickboxing is better