best arts of all time

[thirtytwohits]

what ur input?

[Szczepankiewicz]

Most effective for what exactly? Sport? Self-Defense? Cardio training? Mental or spiritual training?

SZ

[Ice Phoenix]

SZ, obviously for combat effectiveness!

Hey dude you've listed Hapkido twice and also you probably shouldn't have grouped Traditional Jiu-Jitsu with BJJ, cause they can differ greatly!

[H@pkid0ist]

Hey where is Tae Bo? You cant beat an art with all those honeys in it.

[Szczepankiewicz]

Obviously for 'combat' effectiveness? That's an awfully limited list if you're after the most combat effective discipline in the world....


Don't we get at least 2 of these polls per month?

[thirtytwohits]

pretty small list, well duh, they only give me ten options

[Szczepankiewicz]

Then answer my original question if you please:

Most effective for what exactly? Sport? Self-Defense? Cardio training? Mental or spiritual training?

[thirtytwohits]

i meant for combat effectiveness. sorry about not answering, i was busy

[H@pkid0ist]

If Tea Bo is gona be listed then I think any workout with Denise Austin should be to. She has a lot of lookers working out with her.
As for what would be most effective, by fighting system and not by fighter. I would say the style that trains primarily for seldefense and not competition. Also the more well rounded style. But again, A system is nothing without a fighter, and untill we have one huge MA free for all we will never know. But then what would happen is that some Tae Bo person would win. They would sit on the sidelines until it was down to the last 2 and sucker punch the last one when he was finishing off the other. Then Tae Bo would be King of all MA.HAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

[Lightning&Earth]

You didnt include Hsing-i in this poll

Hsing i chuan with some groundfighting would be a great hybrid system.
Take all the Mess that Kung fu teaches and get rid of it to leave the most practical and straight forward fighting methods and youve got hsing i. cross train with pakua (which is essentially grappling and throwing) and add a pinch of Juijuitsu.
and youve got a nice combination of techniques, principles,,and internallly based martial arts.

Keep it simple,,,while they are thinking about which combo form to use against you they are already treating a concussion or soaking thier nads in ice water.

Kick high: get your nads smashed.

try to grab: get punched really really hard

go in low for that cool take down: get a full force knee to that pretty boy face. you might get me on the ground but your face and nose will be smashed and you out cold.

hahah sorry to troll a bit but i have to say,,,,,when you keep your moves simple you will not complicate a self defense sitaution.
plus a good ole' punch to the snout always stopped the situation.

Many respects,,,Lightning&Earth

[Szczepankiewicz]

If they do this, just do that.
If they do that, just do this.
See how easy?
Now you try.....


The more I see.
The less....
The less I believe.

[Marc_2002]

I would like to vote on this poll but think its a little limited because firstly youve put Ju-Jitsu and BJJ as the same category! which they really they shouldnt be and then youve put kung-fu as one cateogry too! That would be like putting all Japanese arts under one category! But you havent, you've listed them seperately! lol not be be picky, but maybe you could have sperated the chinese arts/kung-fu i.e Wing Chun, Choy Li Fut, San Soo, Wushu etc...

Im sure Wing Chun would come up tops then heh

[Troll Virus]

Kung Fu.

If I remember rightly, the collective term Kung Fu means work done, work acheived or something similar, so by definition it encompasses all the arts, regardless of nationality or style. Hence;

Kung Fu wins hands down

[Victor]

The most effective

In my opinion, they all have something that you can use, but the most relistic one and the most effective I would have to say is Krav Maga. That's a no nonsence art.

[conach]

If u can punch, kick, grapple and even throw, u can be on your way to 100% effectiveness. This is really tough to answer, though. There are so many excellent arts out there... JKD, Muay Thai, Wing Chun, Kali, BJJ... But a combination of 2, 3 or more MAs is the most effective thing on earth to me... This is just my opinion, of course. My respects to all...