Favorite Martial Arts style (real or fake)

[rutger5000]

Krav Maga, I've taken a bit of it and it's a brutal style. Everything is meant to do as much damage as possible, with a lot of options for lethal strikes.

Krav Maga isn't a martial arts, it's a self 'defence' style. Though Martial arts is an abstract it's about more than just violence. Krav Maga isn't. If one were to use Krav Maga one would also use an weapon against an unarmed opponent, such an act would be considered despicable in every Martial art.

I always considered the term martial art a byword for a way of combat myself. Krav Maga is a way of fighting that disregards sport and competition and instead is for use in actual life and death situations. In that regard I consider it a far superior art form in comparison with things such as Judo. Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

That's my understanding of Krav Maga, and I don't see how that can be considered a martial art. Perhaps if you use art to depict the ugliest sides of humanity?

 

[DocMcCray]

Without a doubt, Ti Kwan Leap.

Will always be a classic.

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8VD4JXUozM

 

[1Life0Continues]

As someone who actually dislikes fighting and competitive martial arts, I'm going to go with a non-combative one.

Aikido. Be like water.

I don't like hitting, and I don't like getting hit. That solves both of those problems. Pins, locks and takedowns with joint manipulation and practiced application of pressure. Sounds about right for me. Plus it's probably easy to get a little too carried away and dislocate a joint here, or break a bone there. You know, in case the message isn't received the first time.

 

[Shock and Awe]

Krav Maga, I've taken a bit of it and it's a brutal style. Everything is meant to do as much damage as possible, with a lot of options for lethal strikes.

Krav Maga isn't a martial arts, it's a self 'defence' style. Though Martial arts is an abstract it's about more than just violence. Krav Maga isn't. If one were to use Krav Maga one would also use an weapon against an unarmed opponent, such an act would be considered despicable in every Martial art.

I always considered the term martial art a byword for a way of combat myself. Krav Maga is a way of fighting that disregards sport and competition and instead is for use in actual life and death situations. In that regard I consider it a far superior art form in comparison with things such as Judo. Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

That's my understanding of Krav Maga, and I don't see how that can be considered a martial art. Perhaps if you use art to depict the ugliest sides of humanity?

Art is the creative expression or application of imagination or skill. Combat and the skills that make it up are an art form just as much as a science. Its a subjective practice that each individual adds a bit of themselves to. Their personality influences it, and how one uses it is a reflection of one's identity.

Its art alright.

 

[Knobody13]

Pencak Silat man
The Raid and The Raid 2 are some of the best movies ive ever seen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fps6xgInJ4

 

[rutger5000]

Krav Maga, I've taken a bit of it and it's a brutal style. Everything is meant to do as much damage as possible, with a lot of options for lethal strikes.

Krav Maga isn't a martial arts, it's a self 'defence' style. Though Martial arts is an abstract it's about more than just violence. Krav Maga isn't. If one were to use Krav Maga one would also use an weapon against an unarmed opponent, such an act would be considered despicable in every Martial art.

I always considered the term martial art a byword for a way of combat myself. Krav Maga is a way of fighting that disregards sport and competition and instead is for use in actual life and death situations. In that regard I consider it a far superior art form in comparison with things such as Judo. Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

That's my understanding of Krav Maga, and I don't see how that can be considered a martial art. Perhaps if you use art to depict the ugliest sides of humanity?

Art is the creative expression or application of imagination or skill. Combat and the skills that make it up are an art form just as much as a science. Its a subjective practice that each individual adds a bit of themselves to. Their personality influences it, and how one uses it is a reflection of one's identity.

Its art alright.

In that sense I suppose it is, but that's a very by the letter definition of art. Generally art is considered to be more than just that.

 

[AnarchistFish]

I did tae kwon do for I think 6 years but never really enjoyed it that much


I like stuff like MMA


Judo seems cool too

 

[StriderShinryu]

I love any K1 martial art (the strike based ones), Kickboxing and Tae Kwon Do in particular. Although I have been thinking about adopting Hapkido (which is basically Tae Kwon Do but with grapples and throws).

I've always loved Taekwondo, particularly as represented in videogames or movies.

Tae Kwon Do videogames exist?

Yeah, not specifically, but it's fairly well represented in a variety of fighting games. Hwoarang from Tekken, Juri from Street Fighter, Kim from King of Fighhters, etc.

 

[l33t.heathen]

I'm going to nominate fencing, all permutations of it, because I find a certain elegance in it, and because I've done a bit of it.

I am also for fencing. Its actually a highly effective martial art that focuses on beating your opponent with minimal damage by keeping yourself as far away as possible. I started fencing in japan and after about 5 months we went up against a kendo dojo. The kendo students couldn't touch us and I weighted about 240 lbs and was not in great shape.

 

[l33t.heathen]

Krav Maga, I've taken a bit of it and it's a brutal style. Everything is meant to do as much damage as possible, with a lot of options for lethal strikes.

Krav Maga isn't a martial arts, it's a self 'defence' style. Though Martial arts is an abstract it's about more than just violence. Krav Maga isn't. If one were to use Krav Maga one would also use an weapon against an unarmed opponent, such an act would be considered despicable in every Martial art.

I always considered the term martial art a byword for a way of combat myself. Krav Maga is a way of fighting that disregards sport and competition and instead is for use in actual life and death situations. In that regard I consider it a far superior art form in comparison with things such as Judo. Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

That's my understanding of Krav Maga, and I don't see how that can be considered a martial art. Perhaps if you use art to depict the ugliest sides of humanity?

The point of art is that is an expression of the artist. Regardless of beauty.

 

[Vivi22]

I struggle to see what the codes and traditions behind Krav Maga would be. And depending on your interpretation of the definition given above, it still wouldn't classify if you found those. As the only purpose of Krav Maga is "self-defence"

You just described what it's code and tradition is. And while I have no problem with martial arts existing that are about more than self-defence, most border on uselessness as far as that goes, and I consider that to be the primary requirement for something to be a martial art in my book. If it can't be used to defend yourself effectively in a fight, then it's not a martial art to me anymore than Tae Bo would be. Martial arts to me should be about the art of defending oneself and fighting before anything else. Any compromise of that in favour of arbitrary rules and traditions is misleading and to the detriment of the practitioner. It's also why I would never suggest someone learn one style for self defense.

 

[Zen Bard]

Little disappointed by the lack of love for Muay Thai.

Obviously as it is almost entirely striking it is limited, but it's very versatile (at least in it's modern form) if combined with other arts.

I'll help you with that! I trained in muay thai for several years and just really loved its directness. No, it's not flashy, but it's insanely effective.

So that'd be my highly biased opinion for favorite martial arts style.

Although as I get older, I'm starting to develop an appreciation for Aikido. There's something very satisfying about using your opponent's agression against him.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

Why has no one ever thought about a Gun-Kata Batman?

Put it in the universe where Batman fought the Predator. But instead of the Yautja and Bruce going at it, have the Yautja hand a few pistols to Batman and explain that the Ra's Al Guhl has been aware of the Yautja as he's lived centuries and butted heads with them. More to the fact, the true reason why the Yautja first visited Gotham is that they were aware a Xenomorph queen was left alive on Earth and wanted to check it out.

Ra's Al Guhl has it and he's been collecting Egg Sacs, to be distributed under the streets of Gotham. Convincing Scarecrow to make another Large scale gas attack that's happening high in several skyscrapers in Gotham and providing the funds to make it on a bigger scale than the Scarecrow can manage, Batman takes to the rooftops to deal with a bigger threat from Scarecrow than he'd ever known.

Only realizing far too late that the rash of missing Gothamites weren't cases of Scarecrow Gas unaccounted for, but Ra's Al Guhl's men dragging off the facehugged victims. Xenomorphs come in...

Fuck it, I really don't care. Gun-Kata Batman. get it done.

 

[jdogtwodolla]

Gun Fu/Gun Kata

There really needs to be more action choreography with an emphasis on these two.

 

[Tien Shen]

Krav Maga, I've taken a bit of it and it's a brutal style. Everything is meant to do as much damage as possible, with a lot of options for lethal strikes.

Krav Maga isn't a martial arts, it's a self 'defence' style. Though Martial arts is an abstract it's about more than just violence. Krav Maga isn't. If one were to use Krav Maga one would also use an weapon against an unarmed opponent, such an act would be considered despicable in every Martial art.

I always considered the term martial art a byword for a way of combat myself. Krav Maga is a way of fighting that disregards sport and competition and instead is for use in actual life and death situations. In that regard I consider it a far superior art form in comparison with things such as Judo. Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

That's my understanding of Krav Maga, and I don't see how that can be considered a martial art. Perhaps if you use art to depict the ugliest sides of humanity?

Well the head of Krav Maga and Riot Division of the Israeli Police Department calls KM a martial art.

http://www.kravmagainstitute.com/instructor-development/history-of-krav-maga/

 

[omega 616]

Kajukenbo tehehe. To be honest, it looks more like a bunch of wannabe martial arts masters cobbled together the "cool" bits of other styles and then opened a mcdojo.

Realistically? I kind of want to say capoeira 'cos it's so entertaining to watch, all them flips and shit but it's a bit like bringing a pool noodle to a sword fight.

I would have to say it's Kyokushin 'cos fuck, they took bone training through micro fractures to a whole new level, these guys can "apparently" punch trees full whack without braking knuckles. They are the guys punching the boards and braking silly amounts of concrete with their hands.

Notable mentions to Kali and Muay thai and pencak silat.

 

[Wyes]

I feel like I should cast a vote for Wado Ryu style of Karate, being a long time practitioner of it but the reality is that there is no such thing as a superior martial art, only superior martial artist. A master of any style will always beat an adept of another.

This, a hundred times this. The truly sad bit is how many people out there do not have a firm understanding of the art they're supposed to be studying or just martial arts in general, which lead to this 'no my style is the best' kind of bullshit.

Krav Maga, I've taken a bit of it and it's a brutal style. Everything is meant to do as much damage as possible, with a lot of options for lethal strikes.

Krav Maga isn't a martial arts, it's a self 'defence' style. Though Martial arts is an abstract it's about more than just violence. Krav Maga isn't. If one were to use Krav Maga one would also use an weapon against an unarmed opponent, such an act would be considered despicable in every Martial art.

If you want semantics - 'martial arts' simply pertains to arts of a martial nature. Arguably the combative arts are the only 'true' martial arts, as opposed to modern sporty arts (e.g. boxing, what taekwondo has become at most schools). However, that is not a value judgement.

Personally, my interests lie in the martial aspect rather than the sporting side (as much as I love sparring), so things similar to Krav Maga (although personally I'm a (Japanese) jujutsu student), which is definitely 'martial'. I kind of got interested in this because I also do Historical European Martial Arts, which made me think a lot about the purpose of the various systems (by necessity).

 

[chinangel]

I love the Musabetsu Kakutō Saotome Ryū: ranma's style in Ranma 1/2. It means 'anything goes' or 'indiscriminate grappling'

 

[superpandasauras]

Pro Wrestling, simply because where else would you see someone be suplexed off a ladder, through a table. And, y'know, the Chokeslam. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOaeZqSudL8]

 

[direkiller]

Krav Maga, I've taken a bit of it and it's a brutal style. Everything is meant to do as much damage as possible, with a lot of options for lethal strikes.

Krav Maga isn't a martial arts, it's a self 'defence' style. Though Martial arts is an abstract it's about more than just violence. Krav Maga isn't. If one were to use Krav Maga one would also use an weapon against an unarmed opponent, such an act would be considered despicable in every Martial art.

Most martial arts started out very much like Krav Maga, then peace happened.

Look up old fencing/sword manuals, the number of moves that target the testicles is rather aw inspiring, It dose not stop it from being any less of a noble martial art now.


OT: Kiai because it's a real fake martial art that is funny as all hell.