What is the most effective Martial Art form?

Question

Tae kwon doe?

Capoirea?

muay tae?

aikido?


karate ?

ninjutsu?

Which of these would take the shortest time to master?
Which one would be the most effective to defend yourself?

Answer 1

A good teacher comes first, then your commitment, and finally time. One could debate forever style vs. style and never come to a conclusion. How long have these debates been going on the internet and we still have no “winner”.

The most effective martial art is the one that fits your lifestyle and goals in the most compatible way. Some practice for sport and exercise, others cultural heritage, and of course there is self defense.

Make a mental checklist of what you want and then hit up wiki and google to check out the different styles. From there work up a list and start visiting schools. I say a good teacher comes first over concepts such as “style” since the best style with a lousy teacher will be worthless. You will be spending a lot of time with your teacher learning your lessons so this is very important. Take a look at their “senior” students- people who have been training a few years and watch how they move, act, and treat others and you will have a good idea of the teacher.

Finally the time- you will need to structure your life to train as much as you can in and outside of class. Mix these three things together and you will be your best no matter what the style.

Answer 2

I think Caproirea is not the most effective. With its transition from fighting to a dance-fighting, it has lost efficiency and usefulness.

Taekwondo is not very effective either imo. Most of the schools around train you in a sport style. Terrible hand to hand training, minimal leg kicking, tons of difficult to execute kicks.

Karate - Errr. Mixed opinions. It seems too stiff for me.

Aikido - Gimme a break. I have not been impressed by any displays of it ever. It's always some stupid student who rushes in and gets flipped around. It seems that the teachers trains the student to attack in a way thats even worse than a typical drunkard just to make their things seem really flashy

Out of these, it seems muay thai is the most efficient and shortest time to gain a "defendable" amount of skill

Answer 3

Many Tae kwan do dojos are watered down versions of an older military martial art developed in Korea. Fairly effective ,but many sensies focus on style and ring fighting, so lots of showy high kicks.

Capoera can be effective but it is not often taught as a martial but often more as a dance or hobby, nonethe less it is very effective but takes a certain amount of flexibility and core strength to be used properly.

Muay tae is deadly and very effective, though the hard core conditioning may leave you with problems later on in life. also hard to get a good teacher unless you go to tai land

Aikido is emensly effective but takes many years of dedication to master. Super deadly, but it is a path that one must travel all their life.

Karate is also very effective but the same things apply to karate that do to tae kwan do, to many McDojos.

Ninjutsu doesn' t really exist anymore, though sometimes you will find people who teach it, ninjustu means that you are a ninja.
Do you really want to be a contract killer??? Then study ninjutsu

Karate an muay tae are prolly the easiest to learn and to use practically. Punching punching, elbow elbow knee to the face, kick to the head.

A true aikido master on the other is almost impossible to touch or harm and the attempt wouyld leave you crippled, but think 30 years hard core training before you get to that point.

The best form, however, the the form without form, the style with out style.

Your best move is the one that comes without thought, something that comes from within your spirit, from within your own individuality. This move is unstopapable because it has no history, thier is no counter move except one that is as spontaneous as the attack itself.

Don't fight,
only be

Answer 4

Well if you are talking about defending yourself from an attacker I would say Krav Maga. If you are talking about wanting to get into competitions I would go with BJJ, TKD or Muay Thai. If you want to just know how to protect yourself and learn a something I would go with Boxing. All have their advantages and disadvantages. Most take pretty long to learn. You can take Commando Krav Maga which is usually taught is 6-8 week sessions.

Answer 5

The most effective to defend yourself?
I'd like to advice you karate because I'm a karateka and I love this art..it's complete, but the best for you 2 me it woul be muay thai, taekwondo and krav maga.But Remember first that even if you are a good martial artist, to defend yourself in a 'bad' situation you have to 'have an attentive mind and always look sharp'...(I don't know if in English the meaning it's the same but try to understand, it's not my first language...I did the best!)
Capoeira and Ninjitsu are wonderful but if you need something more 'fast' try those!

Answer 6

All styles take years to master. The most brutal effective form listed would probably be a form of muay tae, or power kick boxing. Grappling/jujitsu is also very handy if you are facing an opponent a lot stronger and bigger than you. I do power kick boxing and my little sister is experienced in some grappling and she can take me to the ground easy... no incest jokes please =p

Answer 7

The most effective MA is the one where the teacher knows the applications to the techniques your are learning.

If you are learning just the movements of the art, you are learning about 20% of your art.

The mechanics, alignment, intention... these are where your art becomes effective. When combined with your breath, you enhance it.

You could learn Shaolin MA's and if you don't know the applications to the forms, your art is lost.

Answer 8

the most effective is well depends on whats effective. Most folks never have nor want to be in a fight. So TKD has alot to offer them, as they can be in competitions that require no damage. Karate you can be in comp as well including kata/ form competition. AiKiDo you will be about as balanced as aperson can get, and have learnt reflex's and tumbling skills second to none. Ninjitsu , well have no clue as I have never seen a studio that teaches it where I live. Thai, speaks for itself, and that leaves you with the awesome ability of a capoeria player. To even begin to be able to be a tumbler as this style requires demands an ability only seen in athletes able to perform at their peak.
Street Fighting;
None, the cops will bust you.
Ring Fighting; Which ring. Thai is a top ring boxing style.
TKD is in the Olympics.

Answer 9

None of them can be mastered quicker by any noticable amount of time. To truely master any martial art style it takes years and years of training. So a couple months makes little difference. Also, each of these have their own ways of defending yourself that are all equally efficient. Truely the best thing would be to learn multiple martial arts in order to be able to adapt yourself to any situation. Why would you rely on one martial art that can be analyzed and have a stratagy developed to defeat it when you could learn multiple martial arts and be ready for anything?

Answer 10

of those, Muay Tai. Simple and effective. Check out jiu-jitsu and judo also. Perhaps a school that teaches jeet-kun-do concepts.