Some believe pankration to be the root of most if not all eastern martial arts, I don't know if it is true but it is damn interestingfix-the-spade said:
Poll: Which is better in self defense?
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Mix of Aikido, Karate, Kung-Fu, freestyle fighting (some consider this to be street fighting), & a gun.
Krav Maga is a very fast and dirty style of fighting designed to focus on what's called the core 10%, or the parts of hand to hand combat you will remember easily and be able to use.
The problem with most martial arts is that there are a variety of maneuvers and situations where you might forget how to perform some of the actions, and the most basic ones are the ones you are most likely to use. Krav Maga is designed to have even the basic 10% be debilitating.
I'm always partial to what I call the gravity surprise. If I can get away from someone, and up a bit, my body size will generally allow me to pin someone from above.
The problem with most martial arts is that there are a variety of maneuvers and situations where you might forget how to perform some of the actions, and the most basic ones are the ones you are most likely to use. Krav Maga is designed to have even the basic 10% be debilitating.
I'm always partial to what I call the gravity surprise. If I can get away from someone, and up a bit, my body size will generally allow me to pin someone from above.
google ads bring up a good point, "pepper spray/stun guns".
but ive seen some pretty interesting stuff with judo/jujitsu(can never remember what the diff is and when i can i get them mixed up) and heard some crazy falling-long-distances stories about it. and its mostly focused on getting your opponet on the ground IIRC, so you dont have to worry about accidentally killing people (as much)
but ive seen some pretty interesting stuff with judo/jujitsu(can never remember what the diff is and when i can i get them mixed up) and heard some crazy falling-long-distances stories about it. and its mostly focused on getting your opponet on the ground IIRC, so you dont have to worry about accidentally killing people (as much)
That's it. I can't take it anymore- you people have MADE me join these damned forums.
This has gone on long enough.
A 'martial art' is an art of war. Root word of martial being Mars, the roman god of war. In the language you have been speaking, fucking ENGLISH, that is what it literally means. So anything that involves combat, self-defence, WHATEVER- whether be armed or unarmed, in any propensity of scale (on the street or the fucking battlefield, don't matter) is an art of war. A martial art- precision shooting training is a martial art for fuck's sake. And to argue what is the fucking BEST? Good grief- not even someone with the most sagely of fucking knowledge knows the answer to that question. These kinds of forum discussions are by all means utterly fucking-frigdickuloslly pointless, as to find any sliver of well-informed truth would take the information of gargantuan bloody social anthropology study. Cultures all over the world have had methods of fighting for thousands of years- they have grown with humanity throughout the history of civilisation. This means that the variety of martial arts in the world (whether you fit into your fucking categories or not) is in keeping with the variety of culture itself. Limitless, motherfuckers. Tribes in Kenya have arts of war English speaking people don't even have a fucking name for. Nobody's actually sure where Capoeira comes from, French foot-fighting has existed as sport for centuries (and it looks just like fucking sport Karate), and the sword battles you see in fucking Star Wars are choreographed by a man who is quite possibly the last practitioner of martial arts used by ancient Celtic cultures. And they're all pretty damned good at fucking people up. That's what they're for- but in a fight it comes down to you and the other guy. It's all relative, what he knows, what you know, how fast/strong/intelligent/flexible/knowledgeable you both are. Those are the fields you need to cover if you want to know how to fight. Don't talk about it- people don't learn about fighting by talking, they learn by doing because it's physical. Sure, you might think of something or discuss a better way of attacking or defending, but you never know until you put into fucking practice. And that depends on you.
So stop arguing, talking about this shit and go and just DO a fucking martial art in any way you can, and figure out what works for you from there. I've studied martial arts for most of my life- started out doing Chinese Kenpo and sport Karate. Moved on from that to Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai, Kick-Boxing, Boxing, Judo, Aikido and even did a bit of fucking Ninjitsu. Really expensive, and fucking odd.
Out.
This has gone on long enough.
A 'martial art' is an art of war. Root word of martial being Mars, the roman god of war. In the language you have been speaking, fucking ENGLISH, that is what it literally means. So anything that involves combat, self-defence, WHATEVER- whether be armed or unarmed, in any propensity of scale (on the street or the fucking battlefield, don't matter) is an art of war. A martial art- precision shooting training is a martial art for fuck's sake. And to argue what is the fucking BEST? Good grief- not even someone with the most sagely of fucking knowledge knows the answer to that question. These kinds of forum discussions are by all means utterly fucking-frigdickuloslly pointless, as to find any sliver of well-informed truth would take the information of gargantuan bloody social anthropology study. Cultures all over the world have had methods of fighting for thousands of years- they have grown with humanity throughout the history of civilisation. This means that the variety of martial arts in the world (whether you fit into your fucking categories or not) is in keeping with the variety of culture itself. Limitless, motherfuckers. Tribes in Kenya have arts of war English speaking people don't even have a fucking name for. Nobody's actually sure where Capoeira comes from, French foot-fighting has existed as sport for centuries (and it looks just like fucking sport Karate), and the sword battles you see in fucking Star Wars are choreographed by a man who is quite possibly the last practitioner of martial arts used by ancient Celtic cultures. And they're all pretty damned good at fucking people up. That's what they're for- but in a fight it comes down to you and the other guy. It's all relative, what he knows, what you know, how fast/strong/intelligent/flexible/knowledgeable you both are. Those are the fields you need to cover if you want to know how to fight. Don't talk about it- people don't learn about fighting by talking, they learn by doing because it's physical. Sure, you might think of something or discuss a better way of attacking or defending, but you never know until you put into fucking practice. And that depends on you.
So stop arguing, talking about this shit and go and just DO a fucking martial art in any way you can, and figure out what works for you from there. I've studied martial arts for most of my life- started out doing Chinese Kenpo and sport Karate. Moved on from that to Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai, Kick-Boxing, Boxing, Judo, Aikido and even did a bit of fucking Ninjitsu. Really expensive, and fucking odd.
Out.
I would love some Balitok Eskrima from the Philippines using basically wooden sticks, These sticks are so hard they could easily destroy a human Skull in one hit.
I find that almost any of them are good. Even if you don't remember the techniques, it's like riding a bike. You don't forget how to punch correctly, you don't forget anything that you do a couple of dozen times.
That, and all of them make you fit and strong. Even running away.
Where the hell did Aries Tyr go?
That, and all of them make you fit and strong. Even running away.
Where the hell did Aries Tyr go?
I don't know a whole lot about other arts, but I've been trained in Tang Soo. So in my ignorance of any other art, I would have to say that one 
