What is the Best Martial Art?

Question

I would like to Know what is the best martial art for Real life / street situations. And why ?

Answer 1

It all depends what the situation is. No art will train you for every possible encounter you may have. On the other hand, every art has something useful to teach you. But the real key to real life / street situations is to use common sense to try to avoid them as much as possible. And if you do get into one of them, the idea is not to prove you're the next Bruce Lee; the idea is to get out safely. If the price of that is to have somebody call you a ******, so be it. That's not worth risking your life for, or risking somebody else's life for.
And I think this should be made clear: In a real life situation, your life is in danger. People have been killed in drunken bar fights. One punch at the wrong place, even by a relatively untrained person can kill you. Sure, karate training will lower the probability of it happening to you, but it won't eliminate it. Plus, the guy might have friends you're not aware of just waiting to jump in, some of whom may have knives, or worse. Police departments in all major city have heard the same sad story dozens of time, about a young man who lost his life, or was in rehab for months because he was fighting a guy who happened to have a friend who decided it was time to pull out a knife. I don't care what you train in and for how long: A knife through the lung is a knife through the lung, and they don't always come from the front.
Martial arts (pretty much all of them) are good for real life situations because they'll give you he confidence to just walk away, and the body awareness and mental presence to recognize a situation for what it is quickly. If someone attacks you, by all means, defend yourself, but that should be your last resort. If you learn a striking art and think you can knock the attacker cold, go for it. If you know a throwing art and you can throw the guy away from you and that gives you time to escape, that's just as good - the point is not to prove you're the toughest guy on the planet, the point is to remove yourself from the situation.
As for mixed martial arts competition, they're another story. They're also a controled environment - not as controled as the dojo, but still controled. If you want to compete in those, you'll want to train in at least two arts: A good grappling and a good striking art which gives you both punches and kicks. That kind of thing forces you to stay there and fight the whole duration, so you need to be versatile.

Answer 2

Tie Quan TV,
KaraTeV,
Kung Pow,
Bruce Lee,
Really, that one of Bruce Lee. Jin Jit Su or something like that. That was actually formed from several of the arts. No matter where you fight, it rules! Of course you need to have a special speed accessed by complete mind discipline (meditation). Picture yourself as the One. Watching a lot of martial arts movies help get into speed focus even though so much TV is fake. Its all about seeing yourself doing it, then practise what you vision and don't forget to use the force. LOL

Answer 3

In my opinion there is none.
Each style will have a person who has adapted to those skills well, and will demonstrate the style as an effective means of fighting, but what about the ones who are not naturals?
BJJ, Sambo, Wrestling, Combative WuShu ( which includes Kempo, Kenpo, San Soo/SanDa/SanSao/SanShao
have all survivied and done well. This is a small list of great styles.
The Koreans are a strong people and their arts show it as well.
Hell I love em all, just not Hikuta it only goes well with Mutata and needs to be sung. It is a form of Karaoke Te and , well I am just foolin hmmm.................
I have been in both bar fights and street fights with weapons, Westminster Calif Police files 11/01 bout 8 years back.
I met a man to fight and he went to using first a street construction sign to keep distance, then he pulled the Bowie out.
Welp I got his blood all over me, and arg if I didnt have a terrible next year.
Welp the police I contacted them as I felt bad, and well they said I was in no trouble as he had weapons. But he was just released from attacking cops as well. He found out he was HIV positive and he was angry.
Welp blood tests all year were scary.
I am OK Thank God
Man what happened to the good old street fighting days?
Grapple when you can, less of a mess.
TKD Master said it best....

Answer 4

for reality situations, self defense aspect, i'd go with a fighting system rather than a martial art...

the big difference between the two are that:

martial art styles tend to take a few years to adequately execute, they're much more intriquite, not that you can't use them for self defense mind you.. you just need experience...

a reality based self defense system is made up of moves that are fast and easy to learn and easy to remember.. the training is reactive and usually senario based.

my favorites are:

Krav Maga, Isralli fighting system: http://www.kravmaga.com/krav01.html

and

Jim Grover's Situational Self Offense: http://www.paladin-press.com/detail.aspx?ID=444

there are many great systems out there, however if you're serious about considering a martial art for self defense i'd go with combative kickboxing, western style boxing, or jeet kune do.

hope this helps!

~*good luck*~

Answer 5

there is no single best martial art, I've heard Judo is fairly easy to learn and the basics would beat most people in a fight but i don't think there is any single ebst martial art.

Answer 6

no single style of martial arts will give you everything you need to help in all situations.the broader the base of a style the better,but it still pays to cross train.

Answer 7

Brazilian Ju Jitsu.

Answer 8

it depends on what u like or what u think is good for ur self.. but iam saying kung-fu cuz it has everything it teaches u how to deal with weapons how to use ur fist how to use ur legs and alot of things.... but kung fu is a very wide sea, u will need time and time to master things in it.. it needs hard train..... and it never ends . u train u become stronger u wont get to a point and say iam the strongest or u will be fool.....

Answer 9

36 Chambers of Shaolin Munk Kung Fu... watch Master Killer!

Answer 10

Sumo. Everything is in right timing and focus to the split of a second. no margin for error whatsoever.