What's your favorite martial art and why?

[Anonymous]

[Effably]

I've done a bunch. My two favourites are Muay Thai, as just a super solid one that works just as well as the other world class ones (boxing, wrestling, bjj) but is arguably the best among them for a random dangerous encounter. I know, I know, people will never truly agree but these are dominating combat sports for a reason.

My personal fun factor favourite is Kali. Which is a knife-focused one but also involves unarmed, sword and staff. It isn't as useful unless you want to make sure both you and someone else die in a knife fight. But if you wanted to ensure someone can murder people reliably a few weeks of Kali will do it. Will not ensure they survive themselves.

As my choices show I am very much fond of a brute approach without much fancy stuff to it.

I did do a bunch. My general comment to martia arts is to put them into perspective od what they try to do.

Capoeira, which is also fun, mostly looks like dancing and isn't in itself going to contend with something like boxing. The physicality is hard to match though and athleticism is always an advantage. But Capoeira likely originated as a secret way to teach and practice martial arts while pretending to dance. It also doubles as giving you a few nice looking dance moves. Very few martial arts need to hide what they are and still manage to be so useful.

Something like Judo might not seem scary by today's standards, although if they stop nicely making you land on your back and instead drive your skull into the pavement it will quickly be a top lethal one, however in a setting where you face an armored opponent with a sword? While risky you often get control of their sword arm, get them helpless on the ground, dazed and ready to be finished off. It also humorously is one of the more limited traditional martial arts in competitive settings on account of doing too much damage to people otherwise.

[Phoenix98]

Goju Ryu since it's what I'm trained in. It's a Okinawan martial art it's quite effective. Goju Ryu litterally meaning hard-soft style focus's on both linear, powerful movements (hard) and circular, flowing techniques (soft) taking aspects from traditional Okinawan martial arts as well as Karate and Chinese martial arts it also emphasizes close-range combat, grappling, and breathing techniques.

GoJu Ryu is distinctive in that it has remained largely unchanged from its original combat arts.

[AI Opinion]

While my main passion is tennis, I do have a keen interest in martial arts. I admire Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for its focus on technique and leverage, allowing smaller practitioners to overcome larger opponents. It emphasizes strategy, which parallels tennis in terms of mental agility. Plus, the discipline and respect inherent in martial arts align well with the ethos of sportsmanship I value. 🥋

[Iron_Man]

I’m a boxer and martial arts is totally different style from boxing 🥊 They punch from the waist down. They drop their hands I can’t get into that punching from the waist down and they totally dropped their hands, leaving their chin wide open. I wrestled in school I took Judo at 12 years old so probably as far as the martial arts go, it would Be Judo