What do you think is the worst Martial Arts and why?

Question

i pesonly think that Muay Thai is the worst Martial Art

Answer 1

You're clearly a idiot. You have never been in ring with a real Muay Thai fighter. Those guys would make you cry for your mom before you ever get through 1st round. Don't believe me? Go to your local Muay Thai gym and spar with one of those guy and see what happen.

Worse martial arts are actually not a martial arts, but more of a organization or make up style.

In my book it would ATA and USSD for worse organization. For worse make up style it would be anything that Frank Dux, Ashida Kim, or Eric Han bristol teach.

Many are familiar with Ashida Kim and Frank Dux. However many aren't familiar with Eric Hans bristol, so here's his link:
http://streetcombat.8m.com/main.html

Answer 2

On what basis to you claim Muay Thai is the worst? It's an effective and devastating method that trains its practitioners hard.

I don't think you can judge the arts as best and worst.... Each brings something to the table. Some may meet certain goals better than others. You may be interested in fitness, mental/spiritual developement, sport, or just down and dirty fighting/self-defense. Some will obviously meet one goal better than another, but each offers the practitioner help in at least one (or more) of these goals. It depends on what you want out of the training. Muay Thai, for example, offers someone a solid training that will lead to proficiency in the sport, is a hell of a workout and by default helps to train someone's spirit, and there are Muay Thai fighters I wouldn't want to tangle with in a dark alley.

A better question to ask would be, "What is the best/worst martial art for ME?"

Answer 3

I too can't wait to see how ninedemon reacts. Who knows? Maybe he'll find it so absurd he'll fall off his chair laughing. I think Muy Thai is a very good style with a long history, and if it didn't work it wouldn't have survived this long.

I personally am a traditionalist. I personally believe that a jack-of-all-trades is indeed a master of none, but I recognize that there is inherent weaknesses in every martial art style, so to become a well-rounded martial artist one must study more than one style, but before switching styles there should be a good grounding in the basics of one. I am very critical of the schools that I join and the instructors that I study with. It isn't always easy to spot a "McDojo", as some like to call them, if the guy gives you a good sales pitch, but the proof is easy to see by watching and participating in free classes before you join. I personally prefer the Japanese arts. I have studied Goju Ryu and Iaido for many years, along with Aikido, and Batto-do, as well as a little dabbling in Korean and Chinese arts when I was young. I enjoy what I study and hope that others enjoy what they do too.

There is no best or worst martial art. There are more and less proficient practioners.

Answer 4

On what basis to you claim Muay Thai is the worst? It's an effective and devastating method that trains its practitioners hard.

I don't think you can judge the arts as best and worst.... Each brings something to the table. Some may meet certain goals better than others. You may be interested in fitness, mental/spiritual developement, sport, or just down and dirty fighting/self-defense. Some will obviously meet one goal better than another, but each offers the practitioner help in at least one (or more) of these goals. It depends on what you want out of the training. Muay Thai, for example, offers someone a solid training that will lead to proficiency in the sport, is a hell of a workout and by default helps to train someone's spirit, and there are Muay Thai fighters I wouldn't want to tangle with in a dark alley.

A better question to ask would be, "What is the best/worst martial art for ME?"

Good luck.

Answer 5

there is no best or worst art. The martial arts worked for someone somewhere at some point in time and that's why it became an art. Worst only if it's not for you and I guess Muay Thai didn't work for you.

Answer 6

You say Muay Thai is the worst...but you didn't put why.

In fact, it is probably the best striking art on earth and is proven.

Tae Kwon Do is the worst, hands down. It does nothing but give men, women, and children a false sense of security, you pay your money every month but don't really learn self-defense, you don't spar therefore you don't learn true self defense (point sparring that you do in TKD isn't sparring), and you see 6 year olds with black belts.

TKD is a total perversion of martial arts and I hope it is wiped off the earth one day for everyone's sake!

Sign up at a martial arts gym that spars - hard, doesnt require a contract, and that has NO kids under 18 that are black belts. Don't throw your money down the toilet by taking TKD.

Answer 7

sorry, Muay Thai is what did in Rich Franklin. Muay Thai fights train like machines.

Worse martial arts??? Those are all personal opinions. The worse is one that makes a person feel that he is indestrucible and can beat anyone. UFC proves a person can be beat on any given day, by any given style.

Answer 8

I personally think you should step out of fantasyland and into reality.

Muai Thai is one of the better martial arts because of the way they train. It is pretty standard that there aren't many muai thai mcdojos out there and it is fairly self-regulated for quality assurance because of the competition outlet. Comps focus on realistic (albiet striking only) rules and aren't martial arts version of tag like point sparring is.

The worst martial art in theory is likely capoera if you even consider it a martial art or ninjitsu because there is doubt (debate) as to the existance of ninjas in the first place. Also if you are looking for arts to complete thier goal then modern spy and assasination techniques make the "art" of ninjitsu obsolete. A single USMC sniper team is far more skilled and could probably take on every ninja that ever existed at once (if they did exist in the form we are familiar with).

The worst MA's in application are those that don't train hard and realistically, not that that is necessarily a reflection on the art or unworkability of the techniques themselves, but more of a reflection on the particular school, teacher and training method. If you are taught the so called "best" techniques, but not trained how to properly apply them, you might as well be learning the "worst" martial art.

Answer 9

The question itself is a bit self defeating, since a practitioner of martial arts can learn from ALL styles of martial arts, regardless of their popularity.

Each style has its own root philosophy, corresponding techniques, stances, weapon forms, etc. All were created for a specific need, which was effective at that time.

One such example is the use of many Okinawa farming tools by farmers, as weapons to defend their villages and homes against many of the Ronin Samurai, and soldiers of that era.

In a time in Japan when it was not allowed for an average person to train in martial arts, or carry common weapons like a Katana (one such sword common with many Samurai), the farmers were forced to have to train secretly with the tools around them.

From this sprung various styles of Karate, and the utilization of farm tools, into many of the popular well known weapons today. Few examples include:

- Bo (staff): Was commonly used across the shoulders to carry buckets of food, rocks, iron ore, water, fish etc.

- Kama (small stick with a curved sickle blade at the end): Was used for cutting down many of the field vegetation from wheat, to bamboo, etc.

- Nunchaku: After cutting down some of the vegetation, was commonly used for beating some fruits and vegetables into a paste, etc.

Obviously most of the items above will now get you thrown into jail if you pull them out in a fight :).

One must also take into consideration the fact that one style does not fit all body types. So while a short person would be much better at a style that gets in close like Judo, or Karate, or Wing Chun, someone of a much larger size may not do as well.

Point being is that all styles at some point served a purpose, and even if some of those styles are not realistic or their application cannot be used as easily today, you can always learn something from them....even if only what NOT to do.

"Research your own experience, keep that which is useful, discard that which is useless, adding specifically that which is your own."

Answer 10

I personally don't believe that there is a "best" or "worst" Martial Art, because they all have a flaw in their techniques from the beginning.

there are the strengths of the discipline, but there're also the inherent weaknesses.

Muat Thai is a particularly strong discipline , but most of it's striking ability lies within the individuals technique and ability to use the power of their own body.

I am also interested in ninedemongod's and philip's replies are going to be, I've already imagined their input, but I'll leave it to them to see if I've anticipated them right.