what martial art is the best

Sex

Oh wait, that's a marital art ;)

parkour is the bestest martial art

karapete

>>82188187 (OP)
the one that you enjoy doing, everything else is just martial arts tribalism
>>82188218
unironically this guy gets it, the best defense is really just staying out of trouble

>>82188187 (OP)

Just carry a knife and use knife-based martial arts. Just pulling it out will defuse any regular joe or MMAfag who doesn't have a death wish and is more concealable than a gun. With training, it is an excellent and silent weapon that won't blow your eardrums off.

muay thai gets you pussy especially if youre 5'5 and can fold dudes in the gym

None. Avoid kung-fu/wushu, karate, akido, any flashy (caperio). Go with ones well pressure tested like:
>boxing
>muay thai
>bjj (avoid gracie wank)

>>82188187 (OP)
If you can only choose a single one, that's a rough question. Also depends on what you want out of it, but I'm going to assume self defense.

In which case my bet on a SINGULAR art would be either Muay Thai or Wrestling.

If you can mix and match, any good striking, clinch, and ground art that is popularly used in combat sports. (Boxing, Judo, Kickboxing, BJJ, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Wrestling, Sambo, etc...)

Avoid meme shit like Krav Maga, Capoeira, Wing Chun (or any other Kung Fu), Dim Mak and so on.

>>82188187 (OP)
They are all fucking gay

>>82188187 (OP)
>>82188268
This, I got a black belt in karate when I was younger and it's all just bullshit, regular street fighting, blades and just running away is best, a fight's a fight, either fucking kill them or run off, it's why I don't respect marital arts in the slightest, they claimed to help with self defence for ages and then claim to be a "art form", get tae fuck outta here with that bs.

>>82188268
Knife fighting is based i fucking love knives, i was taught to fight with knives, i like bowie knife fighting its the best style for me because it stresses grappling the knife arm and using your own knife
>>82188827
did you do kyokushin? or some mall stuff that sounds like you did mall stuff because you were young
>>82188251
you're not always going to be able to run :(
>>82188283
boxing is definitely my favorite, muay thai and wrestling being close too im getting more into weapon based arts now because weapons are cool

>>82188187 (OP)
I know Muay thai, and I love it with all my heart. But if you want to just defend yourself carry a knife, knife beats hands, gun beats knife. If you just want to beat someone up and look cool on youtube or be healthy, then sure pick up a martial art

>>82188187 (OP)
combat sambo

>>82188879
you could combine all your fighting techniques into one fluid sweep of motion i think.
the knife would just be an extension of that so its still useful. i've started training with weapons.
im going to improve my knife training, there's batons, nunchucks, three-section staffs obviously some of these are just for fun but the fundemantals of striking still exist while using a knife imo

>>82188855
Nah, it's been a while but I'm pretty sure the jka was legit which was why I got so disappointed by it, it might've just been because I was getting into actual fights outside of it but it just wasn't for me, I didn't have any actual interest about Japan and the stuff they teach you was pretty boring (not to mention expensive)

>>82188928
Yeah I can see where you getting at, like moving your body off the line whilst stabbing could be nice, problem is the other guy is going to be spamming light attack whole holding down the forward button like no tomorrow turning your chest into Swiss cheese

>>82188969
yeah, Kyokushin i feel like is better but i've only seen fights and not trained with them. but it looks legit but if you say your experience wasnt so good i won't refute that.
sorry you couldn't develop a love for martial arts.
i think all fighting arts are wonderful
knife, punching, grappling even using a gun correctly is martial arts to me. hope that gives you a fresh perspective.
>>82189000
so no, in a knife fight you will get cut. when i was taught the key is to control the knife, then the opponent then kill them.
so if someone was rushing me, yeah i would move offline but i would attempt to control the knife arm, wrestle their feet and drive my own knife.
obviously thats hard to envision but thats the training i was drilled on.
you should pick up a knife system book and see how much of your own martial arts would blend in there not completely but some.
even with guns, for instance in a gun fight footing and footwork is important alot of the footwork i was trained on i had already trained in martial arts. i hope that reignites your love of your art and training

>>82188187 (OP)
Gunfu

>>82188187 (OP)
krav maga, it's saved me from being raped TWICE, worth each and every lesson

The one that keeps you alive. Ironically if you're good at it people hate you for it. They'll resent you. Instead of taking things like I'm showing you what I learned they'll think you're fighting them over it.

>>82188187 (OP)
Combat sambo but unfortunately its not very popular so unless you live in the former Soviet union good luck finding a gym. Wrestling or judo plus boxing is a decent enough stand in tho

>>82188187 (OP)
Combat sports are better than martial arts. That whole sensei shit is cringe and outdated

>>82189148
do not get into wrestling with a guy with a knife, watch any grappler vs shanker vid and 80% of the time the gappler dies, I think for knives you want to be more like a fencing, lunge forward and recoil real fast

>>82189155
How many people have you killed?
in an original way

>>82189349
Gorillions.

>>82189308
That guy is retarded anon, training and martial arts ain't gonna do shit when the other person have a knife or gun, like footwork ain't going to do shit when you're getting shoot at and you're better off running away from knives since you will get stabbed, if anything marital arts is actively dangerous to the learner because they get far too confident about it, thinking you won't get stabbed in a knife fight is pure lunacy

>>82188187 (OP)
Just learn to punch really fast and really hard lmao. No one is gonna mess with tard strength. Alternatively carry a grenade or a stick of dynamite and threaten to kill yourself and your attackers.