Your Order Of The Best Martial Arts???

[Alaskantkdkid]

GunFu
Dim Mak
COME AT ME BRO!

 

[kadakashodan]

I'm looking at this from a self-defense point of view....not mma as a sport, for the record

1) Karate (only if trained properly and not "sport karate") -- a simple, effect art that has the basics, the building blocks, of many other specialized arts, its a good entry point for martial artists, and against your average joe gives you most of the tools you need to defend yourself

2) BJJ - Especially given the prevalence of ground fighting in todays popular culture and, there is a good chance you'll end up on the ground and you need to destroy some limb or choke the person and get back on your feet and get out of there

3) Western Boxing - improved punching/striking over Karate in general. A simple jab, cross, hook, or uppercut is often all you need to defend yourself "on the street"

4) Muay Thai - improved elbows/knees over karate striking (although inferior punching and head movement to boxing) and its hard to argue against a hard leg kick to take either injure the limb or take the persons legs out from underneath them

5) Jeet Kune Do (Concepts branch) - kind of a catch all for anything that works....plus introduces new techniques like wing chun hand trappling that the above arts don't really utilize and nasty eye gouging

 

[shouldercharge]

mma
judo
bjj
muay thai
boxing
wrestling

if you count mma as its own style wich i think these days it is.

 

[MonkeyNuts!]

1.) combat sports: muay thai, wrestling, bjj, sambo, western boxing, kyokushin, judo, etc.

2.) everything else.

 

[shouldercharge]

1.) combat sports: muay thai, wrestling, bjj, sambo, western boxing, kyokushin, judo, etc.

2.) everything else.

good post this is true for so many reasons.
if your competing then;
your likely to train at higher intensity,your likely to spar with 100% resistance,your likely to be in better shape than the softer/non competitive martial arts,any techniques that are ineffective dont get taught in competitive schools/dojos/clubs.

 

[Bryk]

If the efficacy of a technique were self-evident, there wouldn't be so much conjecture about styles.

Robust nomenclature ftw!

Corrected the smarty pants.

 

[codemonkey76]

BJJ
Wrestling
Muay Thai
I only need 3

4 and 5 would be Boxing and Judo

 

[rmongler]

If the efficacy of a technique was self-evident, there wouldn't be so much conjecture about styles.

Robust nomenclature ftw!

it is self evident, the conjecture arises due to either a lack of information, or misinformation.

ones 'style' is simply ones prefered training method, ultimately fighting is still fighting regardless of what you name it.

 

[Nathan]

IMO
1. Muay Thai
2. Boxing
3. BJJ
4. Wrestling
5. Combat Sambo

 

[SandisLL]

For what purpose?

For MMA now mainstream is to learn BJJ.
Because this art trains almost all that aims to MMA and many of them are also with training in another grappling art, it is advisable to train other grappling arts too.
BJJ + wrestling + Judo or Sambo = this combo looks promising for MMA.

Striking, MT now is advocated as the most suitable.
Nice to add Combat Sambo if available.

 

[thugpoet]

Marksmenship
Any striking art
Any grappling art

 

[franklinstower]

1- Xing Yi
2- Hsing Yi
Don't care about the rest.

 

[John Schultz]

The best martial arts in order.

Is different for everyone depending on your physical build physical ability, disabilities, mentality.

 

[rmongler]

Wow, talk about a necro; i hardly even recognized my own posts!

 

[Patrick Jane]

1. Aikido
2. Ying Jow Pai
3. Bökh
4. Catch Wrestling
5. Sambo

 

[ChickenBrother]

1. Thugjitsu
2. Face Smashing Fu
3. S.A.F.T.A.
4. Joe Son Do
5. Yellow Bamboo

 

[Solidus Snake]

1. Brazilian
2. Jiu
3. Jitsu

 

[Einheri]

1. Judo
2. BJJ
3. Sambo
4. Wrestling
5. HEMA

Judo is top because a throw on a hard surface is a fight finisher, and it has enough groundwork to deal with any self-defence situation.

BJJ second because groundwork is incredibly important, and it has enough stand-up to give a jiujiteiro a major advantage in a fight.

Sambo for the same reason as Judo, but the lack of chokes is a major minus .

Freestyle Wrestling because it has good takedowns and groundwork, but the lack of submissions and little emphasis on big throws is a weakness.

HEMA because a sword will fuck someone up and has massive lethality, but you can't carry a sword anywhere except maybe Texas and at home. It has enough takedowns and throws to give an advantage in an unarmed fight.

 

[Vaanderdecken]

Wrestling
Boxing
Kickboxing
BJJ
Yellow Bamboo.

 

[Grappler111]

Freestyle - Greco-Roman Wrestling
Pankration
Grappling
American folkstyle wrestling
Muay Thai