what do you think is the most effective fighting style, your own opinion?

Answer 1

There is not one most effective style. If you look at MMA fights you see styles getting beat all the time. Black belts highly acclaimed in BJJ getting KO'd in 30 seconds. World class Kickboxer's get submitted in one minute.

Like Bruce Lee said.
"Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend. "

So the answer is there is not one best style. It's up to the athlete. Can you imagine your typical black belt TKD, Judo or Karate thinking he had a chance against a guy like Tito Ortiz ha ha ha what a joke.

Answer 2

You mean single style? Hard question to answer. Probably traditional CQC (with knife and handgun) that british first taught to their military force during WWI. It's not same as Krav Maga, traditional CQC and Krav Maga both were develope by different person at different time.

For me, it's boxing hands work and blocks with Muay Thai kicks, knees, elbows, and attack from clinch. Throws and sweep from judo. Take down and positioning from wrestling. brazilian jiu jitsu ground fight, locks, and chokes.

If you want to get more complex, I would throw in some handgun firearm training along with CQC or Krav Maga counter for knife, pole attack and firearm/rifle if they're close enough. Not that I suggest anyone to try fight someone armed with weapon, but you never know when you may need to... Also knowing where some of vital veins are could be helpful if you plan on attack someone with knife. Kali and Esmirca isn't too bad for stick or knife fighting either but the problem would be finding right instructior.

Why knife? Some may ask. because it's a very common weapon and legal to carry. Also you will ALWAY find knife in your home, knife will always be around. A simple cheap kitchen steak knife or letter opener could make a huge different between death and live.

Answer 3

The quality and frequency of your training will far outweigh the style.
This being said I think some styles are for sport (like Judo) and some are developed for actual real world combat applications ( like Okinawan Karate).
Logically the ones that are developed for real world situations are more effective. the problem is these styles are not always available in a persons area. the best a person can do is find a good school, not a good style.

I personally favor the traditional Okinawan systems and the older Chinese systems.

Answer 4

First off. MMA IS NOT A STYLE!!!!!!!!! It is a competition or person who has trained in more than one art and typically these people are not advanced let alone black belts in either one....

I am biased that Judo is better than allot of arts, because I have taken it for 13+ years. It was actually invented by a Jujitsu Black belt who wanted a better fighting style. Which it is. It incorporates all of the submissions Jujitsu does and adds throws and other techniques to suite any attackers style.
Now that said from a military standpoint I would say Krav Maga, an Israeli art used t train their military and police personnel. allot of forces around the world either train in Krav Maga or a similar form all of which incorporate Judo for the majority of there take downs. Krav Maga is deadly but very difficult to learn and lots of hard training.

Answer 5

You might want to research this topic on this board by looking at settled questions. It's 1 that comes up frequently. The basic answer is that there are many good styles, all with their strenghts & weaknesses. It's not the art, it's the artist.

Answer 6

I think that ju-jitsu, the regular or even brazilian is a really effective style. I also recommend judo or aikido as a great fighting tech.

Answer 7

I think a combination of muay thai, jui-jitsu and wrestling. Those three would give you a good combo of strikes, submissions and grappling. You should also do strength and conditioning exercises. Find an mma class that offers more than one discipline because UFC and Pride fighters have shown that specialists don't win very many fights.

Answer 8

Ansatsuken very brutal and very deadly if two fighters go in to a fight one MIGHT come out unharmed BUT...

the dude above me is wright there is no perfect style

Answer 9

Kajukenbo. And if you want to call MMA a "style", kajukenbo is a mixed martial arts system - muay thai/bo-fu (standup), judo (takedowns), and jiujitsu (ground fighting).

Answer 10

Chuck Norris style.