What are the worst martial arts in your opinion?

Question

Please, nobody get offended by other peoples answers...Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

Answer 1

I believe that ANY martial arts can be effective, depending on the fighter's ability to dictate the fight. I strongly disagree with the notion that one martial arts is better than another - they all have many different things to offer. What it all depends on is the person itself, in that how hard he's trained, how long he's been training, his personal attributes, etc. The fighter makes the art work. For ex., a Tae Kwon Do person can beat a Wing Chun man if he can stay outside of the Wing Chun man's punches and pepper him with kicks. On the same token, a Wing Chun person can win if he can move in on the Tae Kwon Do person and inside of kicking range. On the same token, a Capoeirista can fake out and trick a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu person and punish him, or the BJJ guy can take the Capoeirista down onto the ground, his domain. Is one art better than the other? No - it all depends on how well the person that's using it applies the concepts. So my answer is that the worst martial arts are the ones used by the worst martial artists - it all depends on the person.

Answer 2

I think the worst ones are the made up ones. We have schools in our town that are mixes of 4 to 5 styles. The guys teaching never achieved a black belt in any of the styles they now teach.

I feel ninjitsu is a dead art and that the modern day instructors have no idea what the ninja clans in the mountains of Japan taught.

Tae Kwon Do as a whole is not bad but I find that there are many fraudulent schools in this style, at least more than any other style.

Answer 3

I don't want to knock any styles. I know that in their own environments and with great practitioners they can all be a coin flip. I did want to point out a "worst" aspect thought that has been overlooked. While MMA, jiujitsu, grappling, etc. are extremely effective styles when engaging an opponent. They lose quite a bit of effectiveness when engaging multiple opponents. Once again no one take offense, but if we're speaking of real street value. Then you'd never want to be on the ground or on your feet with your head facing downward. Anyone that has been in a confrontation on the street, in a bar, club, etc. might relate. You never know where the next attack is coming from or WHO it's coming from. People tend to just "jump" in for no reason. Hell, half the time they don't have to know either one of you. They just have to know someone's getting hit and they want to be hitting. So a "worst" aspect of certain arts would styles that require too much attention and movement on one person.

Answer 4

This can be a very difficult question, but even some of the 'bad' styles can bring out great result(s).... it all depends on the person that learn it.

To me, I always go for reality in the world of martial arts. With this, I go for arts where you have to work your butt off to get results.... not go for styles that could a black belt on anybody, etc.

However, if I take an example like Judo, you can become a black belt without 'truely' knowing to defend yourself and that is something I disagree with. The style can teach you to throw and defend but it still doesnt prepare you for REAL fighting and REAL self defence. Your grades are really refered to your demonstrations/kata techniques than effective reality self defence.

Dont get me wrong because I aint classing Judo a worst style(s) but I disagree with the teachings on a certain level. However, I have sparred with some very good Judo practitioners and they exelled because they WANT to learn and do fighting/grappling.

Judo is just an example here, but still effective depending on the person. I could go on about Aikido... and YES I have tried it and it works on people that dont know how to fight... or just stand there. LOL. It can work though but it isnt enough to become good for proper.

Overall, the 'worst' styles are the classes that claim to be self defence when infact they are far from it. Lets take for example "Womens self defence classes". I mean, the classes I have seen anyway, they are absolutely crap and women leave thinking they can look after themselves.

I had a discussion with one of the girls at my workplace and I told her to show me some moves and I WASNT IMPRESSED!! I actually showed her how it is really done and how to chain from A to B to C, etc.

At the end of the day, each art has something of value... and I have said this on many occasions. The key is to keep your mind open and learn ANYTHING THAT WORKS -- not matter the style.

Answer 5

I agree with some of the other responses: the black beltfactories make me want to puke. It took me 7 years to get my black belt and another 7 for my 2nd degree in TKD. That said I think that all styles have good applications. Taekwondo is a good style for distance fighting or kickboxing type fighting but is weaker when it comes to grappling or groundfighting. Other styles have grappling as a strength but dont have distance kicks and strikes. Every style has strengths and weaknesses.

Answer 6

The worst martial art is the one that does not meet your personal goals for training. All martial arts have their strenghts and weaknesses...so determining the 'worst' art is too subjective.

There is one caveat to this answer. Any thing that says "Black Belt Club" is junk.

Answer 7

Well, just from what little I've seen up close and personal....

WTF-style Olympic Tae Kwon Do. You know, this stuff where people say they "spar" and yet that "sparring" amounts to folks doing the bunny-hop around in circles with their hands at their sides, mostly limp, while they randomly fling their feet at each other's padding from *way WAY too close* for the kicks to cleanly connect.

The first time I saw it, I was left confused, scratching my head....

The second time, that same night, *after* the head instructor belatedly pulled his head out of the sand and *explained* to us Unwashed Heathen that this was "point sparring", I was still left confused, scratching my head, until he sneaked up on me, and called me "pointless" to my face.

So yeah, I can't exactly be objective about it. ;)

Third time I see it, I am *definitely* going to heckle these people...by singing the "Little Bunny Foo-Foo" song, *loudly*. :D

Who's with me? =)) *rofl*

(and this doesn't even count the McDojo-isms, or all the emphasis on babysitting *kids* in TKD, ok? This is just about the Olympic sport side of it....this should tell you something about the state of TKD on *most of the Earth*)

Answer 8

I wouldn't say any art in particular, but more so any McDojo or "black belt factory" that gives black belts to children.

This mostly happens at Tae Kwon Do schools, and if I were a praciticioner of true TKD, this would annoy me greatly.

If the ad says "we are a black belt school"...walk the other way.

Answer 9

Yellow Bamboo

Answer 10

In my expert opinion, the worst Martial Art is the 1 where you lick your enemy into submission. It's called "Tongue Fu"!

I can't resist a bad pun.