I need to take one so I need your opinion and I keep getting confused. BESIDES MUAY THAI!!!! I don't have a Muay Thai dojo around here. So please don't put that. And dont say it's not about the art it's about the martial artist. I KNOW! I just want to know if they were all the same rank which would win.
2007-07-03 14:09:34 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Here are my suggestions for realistic, effective, striking martial arts:
Muay thai, boxing, san shou, kickboxing, kyokushen and shidokan karate.
good luck!
2007-07-03 15:56:48 · answer #1 · answered by Frank the tank 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, but it _is_ about the martial artist. There is no "better" art-- simply because they're all different and they all have different focuses. No one system will turn you into the uber-warrior or make you invincible.
"if they were all the same rank..." Some martial arts don't even USE ranking. Muay Thai, for example. From what I've heard, Aikido has only white, brown, and black belts. Even Tae Kwon Do and karate have different ranking systems.
"which would win." Win what? A MMA competition? A street fight? A tournament? A deathmatch?
Like I said, various martial arts have different focuses.
Some striking arts-- like Tae Kwon Do, karate, Muay Thai-- are geared for sport.
Others-- like krav maga-- are geared for military/self-defense.
(I think) Kung-fu is mainly for demonstration.
Tai Chi is for spiritual development... or something like that. (I really don't know much about Chinese Martial arts.)
You need to do a bit more research and clarify your question. Why do you *need* to take a striking martial art? For competition? Physical fitness? Self-defense? What?
If you tell us that, we will be able to better answer your question.
2007-07-03 14:51:22 · answer #2 · answered by ATWolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what style people with talent choose to do, all the full contact striking styles have the potential to create a good fighter but the fighters still have to choose the art, you wont find any strong Kyokushin Karate fighter in Thailand for example because they all choose to fight in Mauy Thai, while in Japan fighters tend to go to karate or kickboxing
Over the years there have been many wins from many different styles over many other different styles, as long as its a strong style it would be hard to say which one would win but the more popular styles would probably produce more great fighters
It doesnt really matter, if you do a strong style you need to concentrate on yourself and not how everyone else in the art is doing, the worst fighter in the best art will loose
2007-07-03 20:27:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This really isn't a good question because it really does depend on the martial artist not the style. A student of Bruce Lee's once stated to him that JKD was the best martial art. Bruce Lee said "oh really" then the two sparred and Bruce used only traditional Martial Arts and kick his A**.Any style you take will be good if you put some effort and dedication in it. Once you learn how to punch, parry, step out of the way etc.(it all works the same regardless of style)
2007-07-03 15:16:50 · answer #4 · answered by Alan L 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is not about the martial art. It is all about intention (your emotions). I used to compare martial arts too before I have been taking it. You can take the worst martial art but it all depend on your intentions. That is why it is not about the martial art is about the martial artist. Like for example if you are fighting with some good martial artist you need to have better intention than that person in order to win if you are street or roof fighting. If you are in contest it will take a little planning and tactics. I don't like Martials Arts like Muay Thai, Karate,dojo, Taekwondo, Aikodo, boxing,Etc. I don't have anything against them the reason I don't like them is because they focus too much on techniques so in my opinion they are not good in my definition. A good martial art need to have theories and principles. Which the Arts that I have listed above don't have (Muay Thai, Karate,dojo, Taekwondo, Aikodo, boxing) and just focus on catalog of techniques. Most people who take those martial arts will thinking like I will learn 30 techniques in 30 days. OK, but how many and which techniques will they using? Even three techniques is too much for your mind. The best techniques in martial arts is no technique.Do you need to know how to punch to clock someone.You just clock them right? To achieve a high level one should focus on "techniques to no technique", "method to no method", "strategy to no strategy", "Form to no form". So I don't take any of the martials arts that I have listed about. I would recommend chinese kung fu because they have better theories, principles and philosophy which the arts that I have listed above don't have.
2007-07-03 16:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by ryanchange_555102 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Without Muay Thai I would save my money and find a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu School and supliment with Boxing everything else is not real world ready. Watch video of Karate and Kung Fu guys in a real world situation and they start throwing wild punches. You wont see any of that blocking or big finishing punches. Boxing will teach you the timing and movement the others wont but you will be vulnerable to leg kicks.
2007-07-03 16:08:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
given that all the fighters are of equal skill in their respective arts and that maui thai is out. i would go for kickboxing or just western boxing and try to supplement it with a kicking style, maybe tkd.
and the person above has a very good point about tactics, which are vital and are absent in all arts which focus on kata, they are somewhat present in boxing/kickboxing/maui thai but they are only really present in any appreciable form in the grappling arts. that doesn't mean you can't apply tactics to your striking but it is almost never taught.
2007-07-03 18:32:14 · answer #7 · answered by Da Funk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kenpo is a system of motion, the art is in the person. It, like JKD takes from everything and apples science to the motion to decide how to use it.
Again, the art is in the person.
2007-07-03 15:30:20 · answer #8 · answered by Money Shot 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which ever Art was represented by the best fighter. There are many good arts, the differences are in the practitioners. Choose based on the quality of the instruction.
2007-07-03 14:13:15 · answer #9 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The guy with the gun/automatic weapon. Seriously The differences between oriental hand too hand systems is microscopic. What it comes down too is what is comfortable for you, shop around, try out each one for several months and then make an informed decision.
2007-07-03 14:27:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋