What is the best for defense?

Question

a-karate
b-judo
c-kung fu
d-Muay Tay
e-Taekwondo

Answer 1

They are all good for defense.

But they all focus of different aspects. The Japanese arts are about quick, simple, fast solutions. Chinese are complex, showy, beat-the-crud-out-of-the-attacker attacke. Korean are a combination. As for Muay Thai, I am a bit ignorant.

Better go to You-Tube and look at the videos to choose what you want. Check them out in action in the videos and check out the instructional videos, too. I hope this helps.

A fellow martial-arts-enthusiast,
RedStarYellowSun

PS If you want to have the strongest, learn them all eventually and blend them together. Looking at self-defense only through one is like looking at life with only 1 eye. For the full perspective, See as many perspectives as possible. That's what I'm doing. I do Taekwondo and mix in some Kung Fu and Tai Chi into it.

Answer 2

Oh god, why does everyone seem to think that there is one supreme style or one idea or magical counter that will work in every situation? The simple answer is to shop around and find a teacher that you like. If they are a proficient fighter and teacher they will be able to teach you self defence.

Martial Arts are fighting, it's not like you have to take kick boxing to learn how to fight after you've done Wing Chun or Karate or whatever style, it's not the styles fault if you can't get it to work, train harder. If you're not convinced spar with your teacher, if they are worth learning from they will be able to use the techniques from their style to counter what you are doing to them. Just because you don't identify with a certain way of fighting or training method or are too impatient to learn how to make it work or think it's more impressive to have 10 black belts in 10 different styles doesn't mean that someone that truly masters one art won't be an able fighter.

I know that my Wing Chun sifu has never offically trained in any other art but has trained with many other styles, he instead of learning new arts opts to improve his style by applying Wing Chun to overcome them. On many occassions he has learnt and incorporated new techniques that follow the principals of what he already knows.

At the end of the day a style is just a set of tools, the more tools you have the more jobs you can do, but at the same time it may take longer to find the right tool for the job or the right tool might have gone rusty from not being used. Try to find a good balance.

Answer 3

none
they are all best for a lifelong study to master to perfection.
A Self Defense course is better than all when it comes to self defense. It teaches actual encounter defenses against real life scenarios. Not that this is not taught in all the above arts, just that the concept in the arts is perfection, when in self defense it is survival from the get go.
Self defense will teach eye gouges etc as a way to fend off an attacker, and will also teach other illegal moves in the regular curriculum.
This is also taught in the above arts but not as an immediate study for the sole purpose of self defense. Most good self defensse courses will be a short road to quick skills not equal to the above arts, but more than valuable and the best for the general public.

Answer 4

f. all of the above plus a few more. It's the artist, not the art.

Answer 5

None of the above the answer is Aikido .

Answer 6

without a doubt the best defense for anything is simple: NOT BEING THERE.

Answer 7

f- the walking stick / cane

This is my martial arts weapon of choice.
Any weapon (provided you are proficient) is better than an empty hand technique.
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