whats a good martial art................?

Question

what is a martial art that has good reaction time, reflex ,and balance. cause im a clutz

Answer 1

Well it depends on what you want to learn i think that all types of styles are great but some are better like one that is good for you to do is "Kempo Jujitsu" i think this is a good style because they teach you how to fall and throw your enemy's, this would also be a good art also because you might know that most fights end up on the floor and if your in a fight and you end up on the ground you might want to know how use the ground as a tool to help you.

Answer 2

What you are really asking is how you can get more athletic. You can improve your balance, speed and reactions even by training in the "fine art" of baseball or soccer. Absolutely ANY physical endeavor will help you out somewhat- everything from Martial Arts to dancing to sports to gymnastics. Every Martial Art form I can think of will help, and if this is the route you want to go, then by all means go for it. Martial Arts will not only help you with these things, but also with self confidence, self defense, respect of yourself and of others, and a multitude of other things.
Find a school near you and talk with the instructor. Make sure he teaches a real art and not asking you to pay $100 a month for "Smith Kwon Do" where Smith is his last name and he invented the art. Make sure it is something you feel comfortable with- like if you don't want to learn grappling then concentrate on "stand up" styles like Karate and Kung Fu and not Jujitsu. Many schools will offer a couple of classes for free just so you can "get a feel" for how the classes will be.
Once you decide, jump in with both feet- just be careful cause you said you're a klutz:-) The more you learn and the more you practice the faster you will improve.
Hope this helps...
Sensei Cox

Answer 3

I have had this same question pop up in my life on more than one occassion by many different people. ALL martial arts, including the koryu (the ancient traditional schools), had a beginning. ALL of them were created by someone and refined by someone else and so on until we have what we have today. So for someone to make up a fighting style does not determine if it is a legit or illigit art. In my humble opinion I think that if someone creates an art and knows it inside and out and can both apply it effectively and teach others to do likewise then their art is as legitimate as Shotokan Karate and Shaolin Kung Fu. I agree that just because you have never heard of a style before it doesn't make it illigitimate. The world is a big place and we don't know everything, so to dismiss something prima-facia without knowing all of the facts is just arrogant and ignorant. It should be pointed out that in China there were many, many, many family styles at one point. A lot of families had their own secret fighting method that they started to teach others and either those methods died off, were changed, forgotten, or codified into something else. They can still be found today, though not easily. I know of one master that has inherited his style from it's original founder and believe me when I say that he is one of if not the most incredible martial artist I have ever seen. I think all people should be quick to listen and slow to speak. That way they may just learn something.

Answer 4

Well, I'm a sophomore and I'm taking traditional gojo ryu karate through book lessons. I got the stances down, like shiko-daschi, and now I'm learning the hand strikes. I haven't practiced like I want to yet and I know I prob wouldn't know a thing except the side jump and how to hold your fist if I was attacked, because I still have to look at my feet and make sure they're shoulder-width when I do stances, look at my hands to make sure they're straight, one fist up, one facing the floor, back ramrod straight, back leg arched in cat stance etc etc...

The main thing is, with any martial art, you need to practice practice practice. My dad's a purple belt in kung fu, and he's said that all the time. I'm pretty clumsy myself and I'm not expecting to get past a white or yellow belt grade, lol.

Goju ryu karate has good balance and reflex, but I think nearly any form of martial arts would teach something in that direction.

I'd suggest going to your local YMCA and hunting up a few martial arts programs so you can get a feel of what it's like.

Answer 5

dude, this is stuff you can LEARN from ANY Martial Art. you only get that by training and working to perfect your techniques.

the most that will help you in any Martial Art is the way the discipline you choose to study helps teach you coordination in your techniques.

these elements you mentioned all depend on YOU and how well you train, not the Martial Arts discipline you plan to study.

just find a good school that will help you become the best Martial Artist that YOU can be, and don't worry about how soon they say you'll get a black belt, or how many tournaments you'll enter and/or win.

as long as the school as a good atmosphere and everyone likes being there and training, then you've prob'ly found a good one.

Answer 6

Any martial arts will do. But Tai Chi as a fighting martial arts is especially good on that. Tai Chi has an exercise called push hands which trains you reaction.
however, it's hard to find good tai chi masters, most Tai Chi teacher teach Tai Chi for health, but first you need to start to get use to it, when you train well, you can find a better teacher.

Answer 7

www.bullshido.net is the best place to start. People there are very knowledge of martial arts and can help you out if you come in with open mind.

Answer 8

I would answer this, but I have a headache and don't want to type too much because I'm usually on the phone when I do and don't have the patience for it today to do both.

Retype your question at: www.bullshido.net

and you will get better answers. Be nice and they will be nice to you. I suggest posting in newbietown for a while.

Answer 9

^^ i think reaction time, reflex, and balance are tribute of a person not a style. i think if you really want to seek out a style to train in you want to ask yourself, what could be my strength and weaknesses and what style could bring out those strengths and diminish the weakness the best.

with that being said, reaction time is quicken by making your brain see a certain sign and assigning a reaction to it over and over until it becomes a second nature. reflex is made better by practicing a reaction over and over until your body has changed your muscles to be able to use that reaction faster. and blance... go study judo or the equvilant. (i can't figure out how the improvement of blance really works. ^^;;)

Answer 10

Tae Kwon Do emphasizes all of those. So do many other styles. Find a good school in your area & get going.