What is the best martial art style to learn?

[Nit]

You piqued my curiosoty,

the ninjitsu that you learn, is it similar to jujitsu?

what differs? is it that while jujitsu is the Samuri (sp) way, which is hard but with a code of honor (With all the codes of living), ninjitsu is the same art but with an onus on winning at all costs and the development of skills that enable you to 'fight dirty'.

Am curious as I have never come across a Ninjitsu student before and have only really the knowledge of what you get in mainstream media (films and myths).

edit: dont flame me, I've just taken some time to read through the thread

[Mag0t]

Uechi-Ryu is a great choice. Hard style but it pays off. If you can get into Shuai chiao try that out. It is a very hard stlye as we'll, but hey...if they were easy we would not need to go train. Shuai Chiao has bone breaks,joint locks with pressure points and nasty throws. Uechi is a great style, concentrates on getting a fight over quick with punches, kicks to deadly/crippling/severe pain spots. Say uechi fighters are made to fight in phone booths...just to give you an idea.

[Half-Asleep]

Originally posted by Nit
You piqued my curiosoty,

the ninjitsu that you learn, is it similar to jujitsu?

what differs? is it that while jujitsu is the Samuri (sp) way, which is hard but with a code of honor (With all the codes of living), ninjitsu is the same art but with an onus on winning at all costs and the development of skills that enable you to 'fight dirty'.

Am curious as I have never come across a Ninjitsu student before and have only really the knowledge of what you get in mainstream media (films and myths).

edit: dont flame me, I've just taken some time to read through the thread

the ninjitsu i learn is kinda similar to jujitsu in that we trained in both where i used to train and i didn't even realise we swapped what we were learning half way through till sensai mentioned it one time. I think they use the same sort of style of fighting cept with some dif techniques dif tactics its hard to say it mightn't have been so hard if i wasn't doing them at the same time. yeah mainstream media and films etc is pretty much crap lol i sometimes watch tv and see some stuff being done by ppl who arn't meant to be ninja's and i'm like hey...thats like what we did in ninja and i think in one of the robocop movies they had these ninja things and they used some actual stuff.
We did train using ninja weapons which i spose u wouldn't be doing in jujitsu so i spose that is a difference. and the philosiphy behind the 2 would be different i would assume.

[NaughtyPanther]

Originally posted by Angel-of-Death
Anyway, what I actually wanted to be was kind of like Jet Li was in Kiss of the Dragon. Smart and able to kick a boxer’s ass, a SWAT team and a gym of cops in trainee (or whatever they were) if I was forced to. I figured if I was the character Jet Li was and knew a few other arts such as Ninjutsu I would be a very well rounded out fighter then no one could mess with me.

Of course I do realize a lot of the stuff in the film was just movie magic, like sticking people in the neck with a needle and they die because all the blood goes to their head and blah blah blah. But I didn’t care about that anyway; I just wanted to fight like he did.

Oh, no. Please don't go there. If you want to do something you saw in a movie, then work out, learn to act, move to Hollywood, and get a job as a waiter. The thing is, it's all movie magic, not just the needle in the neck. At least, it is as far as any of us are concerned, with regards to what we'll be able to do in our lifetimes.

To be fair, I'm not pretending to know that much about MA, but I'm still pretty sure this is the truth. What I mean is, I read newspapers and stuff like that. I think people like RobertG who stick to their impressions of reality are probably right. That's all it is.

Myself, I think it would be great to learn how to fight like Jackie Chan, but that's just so I could make people laugh.

[Nit]

I wish I could fight like Charlie Chaplin, he's great.

and that why he always carried a stick...

[shasan]

Anyone of the 3 stooges woulda kicked charlie's ass.

Woop! Woop! Wise guy eh?

[Nit]

Originally posted by shasan
Anyone of the 3 stooges woulda kicked charlie's ass.

Woop! Woop! Wise guy eh?

But the Stan laurel would trip them up ready for Hardey to eat their arse

[huey]

another choice

i know that frisco doesn't have one but hayward does and that is a moore's karate and kung fu school. seven animal styles make up this system of street fighting tactics using throws, joint locks, kicks, punches, open handed strikes, and everything you would need to keep you interested and busy for about fifty years. it has inside of it the hard basic stances, blocks, kicks, and punches of japanese arts like shotokan, or korean arts like taekwon do. it has the chinese throwing art, and begining of judo and bjj, called shuai chiao, hung gar tiger kung fu, portions of plum blossom preying mantis, (also taught in the mantis category is the mantis broadsword set). you can read more about it if you search for shou shu on the net.
the seven animals are:
bear
tiger
mongoose
crane
mantis
cobra
dragon

one of the sites you might find in your search of shou shu is a guy that used to be a part of the school system making up moore's karate and kung fu. he gives an alright depiction of the art but is not affiliated with the family anymore. anyway an art is what you are looking for not a personal biast from someone you don't even know. shun shifu macabnee is the person you should talk to at the hayward school if you are interested. happy hunting. huey.

[huey]

whhooops

the previous message was for another topic. sorry i am new. i think charlie would kick curlies ass though, (on topic finally)