Best martial arts to learn?
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Is Jedi a Martial Art?
Yeah I mean Mike Tyson is good in the ring but if he got jumped on 'teh streets' he'd suddenly find that chavs have some special fighting skills that no martial art can teach.....
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this tbh...
As has been shown by other threads people also have different goals when learning martial arts. Some people like the spiritual nonsense etc...
An 80 year old granny isn't likely to have too much fun in a boxing class but might get a lot from a tai chi class...
In general though, if you want to learn how to fight/(defend yourself when getting into a fight) then pick a style where you actually get to do that, with a fully resisting opponent - there are lots of styles out there, most will offer intro sessions - Judo, Boxing, Muay Thai, Brazilian Ju Jitsu and anything else along those lines are all excellent if your main aim is to learn to fight.
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Yeah I mean Mike Tyson is good in the ring but if he got jumped on 'teh streets' he'd suddenly find that chavs have some special fighting skills that no martial art can teach.....
Way to completely miss the point. Unless you're suggesting the OP become a world champion in the martial art he chooses or something.
Not at all - I was showing that the previous statement was complete nonsense by giving an extreme example. To state that 'no amount of martial arts training' will prepare you for a street fight is absolute nonsense. Quite clearly the average chav wouldn't stand a chance against a world champion boxer.
Obviously you can't turn up to a few boxing lessons and then expect to be able to handle yourself but if someone is training to fight on a regular basis then they are likely quite well prepared for a 'street fight'. If you're building muscle, doing cardio, conditioning, lots of pad work, sparing regularly, getting used to getting hit etc.. you know how to punch, you can do so with a lot of power and you know how to defend then you'll likely stand a very good chance against against some random chav who gets a bit aggressive when drunk.
Quite frankly something like boxing is excellent preparation for a 'street fight'. Someone starts taking swings at you they'll very likely lose, someone pulls a knife on you you're fit enough to run away very fast and aren't under some false impression that your nin-tai-kung-fu--chi-chung-jutsu-jap-slapping in pajamas has taught you to defend against knives.
You obviously don't have a broad understanding of martial arts. Any reputable MA will not make false claims of being impervious to all attacks and pretty much any martial art will make you fit enough to run when presented with danger.
Get yourself to a MMA gym. Start learning grappling. Its the closest you'll get.
Street fights are generally very sloppy as its two guys who dont know how to punch properly.
All things being equal and you get punched by two identical guys ones a "normo" and ones a boxer believe me when you wake up you'll be able to tell the differance
Street fights are generally very sloppy as its two guys who dont know how to punch properly.
All things being equal and you get punched by two identical guys ones a "normo" and ones a boxer believe me when you wake up you'll be able to tell the differance
Because it illustrates that the statement is false to people who might not otherwise have grasped the point.
To state that no amount of martial arts training will prepare you is nonsense when it is blatantly obvious that a world champion boxer is very well prepared for the average street fight. So we can establish that martial arts training is actually useful - its quite easy to illustrate this too via youtube:
Chav confronting a martial artist outside his home:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8ojeHySYSA
Chav trying to pick a fight with an MMA fighter in 'teh street':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w39p8n7Qg5Q&feature=related
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Perhpas you don't tbh...
There are plenty of martial arts out there that do attempt to teach knife defence - a previous karate instructor did so and so did the ju jitsu classes I attended.
That is down to irresponsible teachers, not the art.
snooker ball in pocket with a pair of socks 
dont miss 
in short matial arts are a waste of time 99 percent of times in a street fight cause most likely it will happen when your not ready for it or get jumped and mostly by more than one .
avoiding the situation is better .
if any i would learn boxing and watch some rocky films before going out
dont miss in short matial arts are a waste of time 99 percent of times in a street fight cause most likely it will happen when your not ready for it or get jumped and mostly by more than one .
avoiding the situation is better .
if any i would learn boxing and watch some rocky films before going out
Not when what they're teaching is included in the sylabus for the art.... regardless of whether an individual sensei warns that what they're learning is absolute rubbish they're still going to practice this rubbish on a regular basis.
Then again you could say that is down to irresponsible teachers within the art as a whole - for example the vast majority of traditional 'ju jitsu' schools in the UK are not in fact traditional ju jitsu schools at all rather they were set up by white people with no real link to japan and teach a mix of judo, aikido etc.. rather badly....
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While grappling is a fascinating discipline I don't see it being the most useful for self defence. I imagine most fights on the street are not one on one but rather 5 against one. Still not a good idea to take on multiple opponents if you can avoid it but the ability to strike (punch/kick etc) accurately will be more useful than grappling if you get cornered.