What Is The Most Deadliest Martial Art???

Answer 1

This is an almost impossible question. First, what is the definition of deadliest? And there are so many contexts, both offensive and defensive. Both kung fu and karate have very deadly offensive techniques, but if you are tackled and go to the ground, then judo or Gracie jujutsu would be helpful. Of course, if you go to the ground you are also vulnerable to attacks from above (especially if you are fighting more than one person), so, relying on ground techniques isn't always the answer either. Here, arts such as aikido work well since the art is well versed in movement to avoid a single or multi-person attack. Then there is the situation of weapons. If attacked by a weapon, such as a baseball bat, night stick, or even a sword (unlikely today), I would prefer to have daito ryu skills which were honed over centuries to address this type attack. What about facing a good boxer? They have excellent fist techniques. A karate-ka or kung fu exponent trained in full contact would have an advantage, and so would a Thai boxer whose specialty is low leg kicks and elbows. A judo or Gracie Jujitsu person would also have an advantage. But, if you are grabbed while standing by one, two, or three attackers, I would prefer aikido, jujutsu or aikijujtsu skills.

In the end there is no deadliest art per se. Most martial arts have tended to specialize is certain techniques and methods. So, the question should perhaps be, what martial arts should I know in order to be more proficient in the art I study? At a minimum other arts allow you to recognize and better deal with a variety of techniques with which you might not be familiar. For example, Gracie Jujutsu demonstrated to many striking arts practitioners the importance of cross training to be less vulnerable to take downs and ground fighting.

The individual study of arts like karate, jujutsu and aikido is really a fairly modern phenomena. In Japan during the feudal periods of warfare the samurai trained in many arts -- the sword, spear, bow and arrow, horsemanship, strategy and many others. Within the weapon arts were also grappling and jujutsu skills, and striking techniques using the blunt part of their weapons. In short, samurai were very well rounded in a great variety of combat methods.

Many great modern founders of martial arts systems such as judo and aikido also had a broad experience in the martial arts, experience which they synthesized into their new arts. To better understand your art, and to utilize your skills to the maximum, it is thus advisable to broaden your knowledge with other arts. In part this is what Donn Draeger (the great martial arts historian and writer) meant, I think, when he once said to me, "You can't grab budo by a single corner."

All of the above comment, however, avoids one critical point. The effectiveness of any art is directly related to the practitioner's will, spirit and/or experience. Thus, a deadly art in one person's hands may not be not so in another. This further complicates evaluation.

Thus in answer to your question, there is no simple answer.derick

Answer 2

I often wonder why people ask this question. Would you be dedicated enough to master it or would you be one of the endless line of drones who take it for two months and quit because they were not perfect when they walked through the door. Maybe the question you should ask is what martial art is right for me? What is your level of dedication? It really doesn't matter what art form is deadliest if you can't do it.

Answer 3

I don't think there is just one. I have a broad range of knowledge of martial arts as I train British Special Forces in hand-to-hand combat. The type of training they receive is a broad range of 'do-whatever-the-f*ck-it-takes-to-stay-alive-and-get-out-of-there-and-kill-him-if-you-have-to'. This is a mixture of Filipino martial arts like arnis and escrima as well as kali which specialises in weapons-fighting; some more efficient forms of gung fu; as well as Indonesian kuntao silat. This, as has been put into practice, is the deadliest combination of martial arts.

Answer 4

All Martials Arts styles are as dangerous as each other, its just a matter of how you use it. I agree with the answer earlier , its not the style its Martial Artist.

Answer 5

The Mind and Heart of the Participant. From there, Weapon==Ninja, Weaponless==, Muay Tai, Wing Chung.

Answer 6

I took karate, tae-kwando and Kung-fu.and kungfu is really difficult and some what very dangerous since which involves weapons too.but I'm sure there are many other "Deadliest" martial arts out there.

Answer 7

Its about the student and the person teaching the student, not a style. I know black belts who couldn't beat their way out of a wet paper bag.

You could have a person who learned Krav maga but doesn't have a clue how to teach it. You go to their classes for years thinking you can kick ***, then someone attacks you and you get hopped, because you weren't properly trained.

I've seen this happen, a guy always going on about how his style was lethal and what he'd do if someone attacked him, then when he was attacked by a single dude he froze and got a beating, he wasn't mentally prepared.

Answer 8

the deadliest martial art that i have come across and one which i practice is Steelwire Mantis.

This is really Chow Gar kung fu with elements from Lau Gar, Tiger & Crane styles.

There is seriously no fancy fighting whatsoever so you can forget about the stuff you see in jackie Chan & Bruce Lee films, to look at it you wouldn't think it is kung fu as we don't have any flashy kicks etc.

however once you start to analyse the style you see that its all about breaking joints, bones, conditionaing your body and mind so you can take hits (even with baseball bats - although i'm not ready for that quite yet!!) without feeling any pain (hence the steelwire bit in the name).

i haven't come across any other fighting style which puts so much emphasis on finishing a fight in as few hits as possible.

My instructor had to fight 3 blackbelts in 3 different styles to obtain his black sash - After his 2nd fight no-one in London was willing to challenge him.

our problem now is that we can't fight other blackbelts as it causes friction (especially when somebodies star blackbelt pupil gets the crap knocked out of him in 2 moves) so now we have to give our instructor a decent fight.

but this takes great comittment as you have to build internal power which can take years.

but saying all this if some-one trains in any martial art alot longer & harder than their opponent then that particular style will come out on top.

Answer 9

There is none!!!!!!!!!!!

Martial arts styles are tools to be used and in the right hands most effective ,its all about picking the right tool to get the job done!!!

The individual person makes the style its that simple :)

Answer 10

Krav Maga is the best fighting style especially for the streets.
Go to en.wikipedia.com and search for krav maga, scroll down to modern usage and you will see that the military and FBI even use it.
As prove, why don't FBI use the famous TKD and all the great known martial arts you see in competitions and TV.