I'm pretty sure I asked this already but, which of these do you recommend from personal experience?

Question

Ninjitsu, Kuk Sool Won, Aikido, Tae Kwon Do, or Wushu? I am moving and these are the only ones I have to choose from.

I want to take a martial art for fitness, self defense, and competition.

Answer 1

I don't think cs313 read your question very closely. /:-|

Anyhoo, I've taken Tae Kwon Do for 5 years and I like it a lot. It's kept me in great shape, and I really enjoy sparring.
But I have also been interested in wushu and aikido for a while. I did a bit of research for both.

You haven't mentioned why you want to take martial arts. This is an important issue to address to make sure you get the most out of your martial arts experience. Do you want to take martial arts for competition? Self-defense? Physical fitness? etc.

So I'm gonna briefly describe each one, to the best of my knowledge, and let YOU choose which one you think will be best.

Ninjitsu: Uh, this is a bit vague. I did some previous searches on ninjitsu. It looks pretty cool... you get to play with weapons and hide in the shadows and the like. :-D
However, I'm not sure just how legitimate modern ninjitsu is, since ninjas were assassins and extremely clandestine about what they did. I doubt they kept many written records... so nobody really knows a lot about what they did. In addition, there just isn't much practical application in throwing shiny metal disks at someone's head. (unless you wanna end up in prison, then that's an excellent way to go.)
Ninjitsu probably wouldn't be my first choice.

Kuk Sool Won: I've heard of it, but I'm not familiar with it, so I'll move on.

Aikido: It's a traditional art. Personally, I like the hakamas they wear. ^_^
It's probably more well-rounded than the other martial arts. And, it has not been modified for sport. If you want to learn martial arts for the sake of martial arts, this is probably the way to go.

Tae Kwon Do: It's geared for competition. It *will* increase your flexibility and keep you in great shape. However, probably due to TKD's popularity, it's also been very easy to commercialize and bastardize. This leads to many horror stories about people being essentially ripped off by a TKD school that failed to deliver on what it promised.
While some schools of all styles are guilty of this (no art is exempt from commercialization), you probably see this more often with TKD since it's so popular and well-known. So if you choose TKD, really check out the schools. Really. Visit them and ask the instructor questions. If they offer free trial lessons, take advantage of those lessons.

Wushu: This is mainly demonstration. From what I saw, you get to do a lot of cool flips, kicks, and forms... think Jackie Chan or Jet Li and you aren't too far off target. It really does look awesome and I'm sure it'd be fun to do.

No matter what style you pick, you want to make sure you end up at a decent school. For that part, you need to do your own research. Google something like "how to find a martial arts school" or, "choosing a martial arts school." Figure out questions to ask potential schools and see if you can get free trial lessons.
Try http://martialarts.about.com/od/choosingaschool/ht/howtoschool.htm.
Also, http://www.guardup.com/amwa/cma.htm will give you a good idea of the questions you need to ask.
Take their advice to heart. You really want to know what you want out of the martial arts and what you are paying for.

Answer 2

Definitely like Frank the Tank said, check out classes on all of them.

All things being equal I'd avoid the ninja training. It's probably an Ashida Kim sanctioned style that you'd be better off avoiding. Taekwondo is another on the short list of arts to avoid. If you have access to a good Kuk Sool Wan school it'll cover all the elements of tkd anyway. Aikido, Kuk Sool Won, and Wushu are the three I'd narrow it down to. Good luck and choose well.

Answer 3

Go with wushu, a la a nice combination of Shaolin Hung Gar Kung Fu or Choy Lay Fut (with the Chin Na locking techniques) and Chinese Sanshou (Kickboxing). This combination constitutes a contemporary Wushu style.

This is the most street effective art, Aikido has not useful attacks and doesn't train alive; Kuk Sool won and TKD are McDojo-plague.

Answer 4

Depends on the teachers really, but wushu or ninjitsu for fun, aikido is great if you have a awesome teacher but they like to take toooo long to teach and train... and never hit. When learning a fighting art I believe you need to get hit somewhat to condition yourself and get use to physical contact. I would love to spend 5-10 years in a circular striking art like wushu and then take aikido but I could never do it as my only martial art.

Answer 5

If you are just taking it for fitness, self defense, and competition than I would go with wushu. See I take chinese kung fu I dislike all the japanese, korean, and western style (MMA) martial arts very much because they just limit their art to techniques. Which is not good and don't focus much on theories,principles and tactics. In wushu they do but do not focus much on theories,principles and tactics. You won't go into competition as much with wushu. Most of the wushu came from Shaolin Temple. However, whatever I tell you the decision is still yours.

Answer 6

I would suggest Aikido from personal experience. I am now a yellow belt in Aikido and have been taking it about 3 Months. It is not an agressive art just for defense only however it is a form of budo and is capable of killing a someone with one blow. It is quick and effective for parrying attacks, pinning to the ground, or breaking joints and bones. If possible (don't know if it is offered where you live) I would suggest the Shinbu stlye of aikido. It has ju jitsu, Judo, Aikido, Kendo, iki-jo, and iki-ken all mixed together. Shinbu means "The Warriors Mind"

Answer 7

I took both Wushu & Kuk Sool Won. I think KSW was better for me. It's a great combination of punching, kicking, joint locks & throws, along with weapons. I would take that if I were you.

Answer 8

Take Wushu

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Answer 10

Honestly, I'd go check out a class or two before deciding which one to take, there are too many variables that we don't know about (distance, school quality, practical use and so on)

Once you see the class you can make a proper decision as which one you'll practice.

i hope this information helps

good luck!