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Karateka_latino
Black Belt
Joined: 21 Jun 2001
Posts: 1295
Location: Panama city, Panama
Styles: Goju-Ryu & Shotokan Karate do; Shaolin Kung Fu. Previous training in Muay Thai, J.K.D., Tai Chi & Taekwondo(wtf)
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The Best Art is "The Art of fighting without Fighting" lol  |
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inyctrotter
Yellow Belt
Joined: 10 Aug 2002
Posts: 72
Location: Bayside,Queens, Ny
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| I agree with both quotes, very true.I agree with both quotes, very true.I agree with both quotes, very true. |
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shuriken_girl
Yellow Belt
Joined: 25 May 2002
Posts: 54
Location: U.S.A.
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Is it not logical to assume that not all arts were created PERFECTLY equally?
Come on. Gimme a break. There's thousands of styles.
But I have to agree, all the major styles are major because they really work.
Which of the major styles is best? Possibly impossible to answer.
In any case, I just wanted to say that it's not right to say it's *only* the martial artist, not the art they practice.
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LeaF
Black Belt
Joined: 31 Jul 2002
Posts: 1012
Location: North of the 49
Styles: Goju Ryu Karate-do and Okinawan Kobudo
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| Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2002 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| In any case, I just wanted to say that it's not right to say it's *only* the martial artist, not the art they practice. |
I must say I disagree. Some arts may be better for certain situations but I believe that it is true that it is indeed the person not the art. The person must make the art their own. It all depends on how much you want it and what you willing to do to get what you want. you could have the greatest art in the world but if the person isn't there to train seriously what good is that art to him? Now you may saw well there could also be the worst art out there but the person trains really hard well where is he, right...wrong. If the person is there to train tey are going to learn and take from this art what they are looking for. Now if this art is so horible then they will not find what they are looking for and will find another art to make their own it all depends on the attitude of ther person of coarse this is just my humble opinion
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ZeRo
Black Belt
Joined: 03 Apr 2002
Posts: 2571
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10 years of hard work is all that matters regardless of the style. Given 10 years to prepare for a fight any style would be acceptable, with the understanding that the goal of the training was to win/survive the fight.
IMHO it is always the artist that makes the difference not the art. Style is not the answer - dedication, hard work and a good sifu/sensei/teacher is the answer. |
i couldnt agree more. with 10 years you could become excelent in anything you chose. it just takes dedication and hardwork.
But coz that prob not the answer your looking for i would say Mauy thai. it is a good stand-up striking with close fighting to.
hope this will help. |
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lbouchet
White Belt
Joined: 12 Aug 2002
Posts: 14
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Can't judge because I've not been exposed to all of the arts out there. But I'm guessing it would be a combat-oriented "jutsu" art and not so much a sport/competition oriented "do" art. The French GIGN, one of the world's most elite counter-terrorist groups (of which the British SAS speak highly), use Krav Maga (as do many other elite groups). US Special Forces train using ninjutsu techniques (taught by Dr. Hatsumi Masaaki).
Just for a bit of humour, I asked this question on a French Foreign Legion website, and a Legionnaire replied "Forget martial arts -- put a 7.62 mm round right between your opponent's eyes and he'll drop like a sack of s*#t". !!!!! |
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BlackI
Orange Belt
Joined: 05 Aug 2002
Posts: 121
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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| it is impossible to say what style would be the best to train with for this fight, because all styles if applied properly can be effective. Another thing you have to account for when comparing styles is who created the style, because the styles tend to reflect the people who created the style, curtailing it to their particular body types(i.e long legs , short arms). This is very evident in Capioeria and other African arts, with the use of rhythmic movements. |
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Shaolin
Orange Belt
Joined: 22 Feb 2002
Posts: 123
Location: NYC Metro Area
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The idea that all arts/schools are equal in the ability to prepare a student for mortal combat is absolutely ludicrous.  There are thousands of schools/systems out there that offer little or nothing in the way of sound combat strategy and true technique. In many cases the so called masters in these schools don’t even know why they do the forms in their systems or what they are actually for - yet they train them anyway. Whatever true martial content that may have existed in many of these systems/schools has clearly diminished over time and all that remains is the standard shell set of tools to be found in every McMartial arts chain store around the world. These tools are then passed on to the student who must usually figure what to do with them on their own. These unfortunate students are forced to ultimately come up with a do-it-yourself combination of haphazard technique that is devoid of sound combat strategy and very rarely suited to the realities of combat.
I would suggest: Wing Chun, or Ving Tsun or in the case of this clip Wing Tsun... (not my lineage)
http://www.fightauthority.com/movies/accion3.wmv |
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BlackI
Orange Belt
Joined: 05 Aug 2002
Posts: 121
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Hey that Wing Chun Presentation was pretty cool
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inyctrotter
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Joined: 10 Aug 2002
Posts: 72
Location: Bayside,Queens, Ny
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| The best art is the art that is right for you. |
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on the post.
