Whats your favorite form of Martial Arts?

Question

I take jiu jitsu and am thinking about taking something else. If you have taken more than one style of martial Arts or like the form you are taking please tell me why. I need to decide which style to take.thx

Answer 1

I practise wado-ryu karate, because besides self-defence, fitness etc, I love doing katas.
I also practise Iaido, which is the Japanese art of sword-drawing. I love the beauty and spirituality of this art.
Our iaido sensei has also started teaching us jo-do.
I just love practising the martial arts. You develop an inner peace and harmony.

Answer 2

Well to be more well rounded, I would study a Martial Art where you can study a good "standing game" since you've studied a discipline that can help you do well in the "ground game" aspect of fighting.

there are many Martial Arts that you can study, but what you have to do is look at what schools are available to you and find out which one is going to suit you best, there's no discipline that anyone here can tell you that will work for you just as easily as it worked for them.

you have to research the local schools near you to determine this. only you can decide what Martial Art is going to suit you best.

Answer 3

A good well rounded style would be freestyle Karate.You will learn stand up,ground,grappling and weapons.What a lot of people don't understand is that freestyle Karate is about practical street defence not who can kick the highest or punch a pad the hardest.It's definitely not a sport martial art like TKD or BJJ.The motto of my style is the best of everything in progression.Basically that means we don't care where the technique comes from we improve it and integrate it into our style while still maintaining tradition as do most freestyle Karate's.
The hardest thing is finding a good experienced instructor.I would recommend Bushi Kai or Zen Do Kai, but if your not in Australia or New Zealand you may have some difficulty finding some one who teaches these styles.These styles also usually have separate classes available to everyone in Muay Thai and BJJ/Submission/Shoot wrestling.If you can't find one of these i would suggest Kempo or Enshin or another freestyle Karate.
http://www.zendokai.com.au/countries2/USA/index.htm

Answer 4

My favorite form of martial arts is judo as you learn allot from it but you mention that you take jiu jitsu so i reccomend that you take Aikido or Karate.

Answer 5

I have to say Goju -Ryu it is a hard system almost extinct due to the lack of Masters that are practicing.I trained in this style so I am bias of course.I mixed it up with some AkidoJuitsu also a dying system, very old discipline.You know that you can't take my word to train in a system that you must explore.I might like to train different than yourself.Search and you will find your calling.Good luck.

Answer 6

My favorite form of martial arts would be the soft internal "kung fu's" because it offers everything. Strikes, locks, throws, self defense, combat capabilities, health, lifestyle, philosophy, ethics. Everything a well rounded martial artist could do with.

Answer 7

I think its a decission you have to make for yourself.

I've trained in Shorin Ryu Karate and Aikikai Aikido for many years each - coming on 14 years between the two.

But, those arts were selected due to the style itself, the dojo, the other students and the senseis. I train in what I train because I enjoy it, am fascinated by it and simply because I feel compelled to train.

Karate and Aikido are things I enjoy, am fascinated by and feel compelled to do - the styles that make you feel the same may or may not be the same as they are for me - its up to you.

Answer 8

I took Kempo Karate as a child in Hawaii and JKD as an adult in the states. Personally I like JKD, because there are no kata's, no form. It encompasses all that is good from many forms of self defense, because you choose what works for you. Each individual that trains using the tenets and philosophies of JKD are different because YOU the individual practitioner define what JKD is.

Answer 9

a good transition sport from Bjj or any style of jj is Judo. It's more technical and you can only use chokes and armlock as sumissions. But the standing work will significantly help improve ur jj nomatter what your level.

Answer 10

BJJ is by far my favorite. I've taken Blue Dragon Kung Fu and watched TKD & Karate. If you want something kind of similar to BJJ, go for kickboxing. Most of the other styles involve lots of form work.