If you could train only 1 art.

[Deltasaurus]

^^^^False, they can use any of the tactics that their opponent may be using, maybe they dont even submit there opponent people over look the point of grappling its not just submission its positional dominance, youtube BJJ VS
and see what you get the guys tried grabbing balls and everything else.

calling submission grappling "Crap" lol against Joe Blow who knows its comming lol
ya Joe Blow by I-have-a-Tapout-shirt lol

[BJJ]

When people think BJJ or Catch Wrestling, submission grappling thay are thinking with MMA rules. You take out those rules and thay become crap against anyone that knows whats coming.

Wow, you are cool man.
Then I would crap against you... then I wasted 15 years of my life...
What a pity!

Tell you what, YOU come in Italy and show me what you have quoted.
If you succeed I'll pay you the flight back and refund you the flight in.

[LickAlotOfPuss]

Wrestling or muy thai defiantly not bbj

[BJJ]

Wrestling or muy thai defiantly not bbj

what's bbj man?

[irish_2003]

what's bbj man?

DSM most def will have a smartass answer for this

[BJJ]

DSM most def will have a smartass answer for this

I can easily imagine it...
but I believe who wrote that knows about BJJ as he knows who to write it down!

[banthar]

Wow, you are cool man.
Then I would crap against you... then I wasted 15 years of my life...
What a pity!

Tell you what, YOU come in Italy and show me what you have quoted.
If you succeed I'll pay you the flight back and refund you the flight in.

I'm a Shotokan black belt 3rd Dan. Go to your local shotokan dojo tell them your the shit at Brazilian jiu-jitsu and you want to fight a 3rd Dan see how that works out for you.

[Ironnips]

I would go with bjj.

[gunslinger2]

A combo of BJJ and Kino mutai. For the people who don't know what Kino mutai is, its a nice combination of biting/eye gouging. People with their eyes poked out and nose bitten off usually lose all interest in fighting back.

[BJJ]

I'm a Shotokan black belt 3rd Dan. Go to your local shotokan dojo tell them your the shit at Brazilian jiu-jitsu and you want to fight a 3rd Dan see how that works out for you.

Look, you are confused... very much indeed!

Read carefully please.
Lo Shotokan is just a style of traditional Karate, then we have Goju-ryu, Shito-ryu, Shorin-ryu e Wado-ryu... nothing particular but nice to see.
Like other martial arts you fight standings and the Gracie's family well showed around US gyms the differences with BJJ. (If you ignored that to be happened watch some videos on youtube).
The fact you are a black belt 3rd dan means not that much to me since I am a black belt too, but only 1st dan so far unfortunately.

I don't need to go to any doji since I know your discipline and I can tell you that the fact you are so ill-mannered using bad words when everyone was speaking normally (actually writing) mean to me only one thing, you are afraid of BJJ. Perhaps you had a bad experience and want to remove it simply defaming the facts and being quarrelling verbally to whoever speaks about BJJ.

I had already fought and won with more completed opponents than you seem to be.
Furthermore, when I was a white belt with more or less 6 months of training I used to fight with an instructors of Aikido who was 40yo with 20 years experience of background. I always won, because my target was to put him down and then take the position to neutralize him first, finalize him then. He told me "I wasted my entire life learning and becoming a master just to lose with a child". And he was an Aikido black belt which is far beyond to Shotokan.

What you guys of other martial arts seem not wanting to accept is the simple fact that before or later you do go on the ground and unless you know how to move, you can learn it with BJJ, you are a fish outside its water. Simple concept, all the rest are just words and those fly away with the wind!

Think about.

[BJJ]

A combo of BJJ and Kino mutai. For the people who don't know what Kino mutai is, its a nice combination of biting/eye gouging. People with their eyes poked out and nose bitten off usually lose all interest in fighting back.

Well actually BJJ at the beginning was taught in that way, I mean the rude and harsh way.
All the strokes of Mutai are part of first BJJ experience. Then, it had to be "skimmed" to include it and the MMA world.

But you are right, to answer the question that started this thread the best art could be the ancient BJJ or the combination of modern BJJ (which is what I learnt) and Kino Mutai.

[Deltasaurus]

i think the other arts are great arts but some people become delusional on there effectiveness, BJJ practitioners Roll, or spar, or go live everyday and are very comfortable in the art and live combat, yes strikes are not involved, but with positional dominance and constant sparring it would be very easy to adapt. the reason strikers are not involved are so we do not run into the problem of not being able to spar daily

[gunslinger2]

i think the other arts are great arts but some people become delusional on there effectiveness, BJJ practitioners Roll, or spar, or go live everyday and are very comfortable in the art and live combat

Very well said. I'm actually impressed, there seems to be some very fight educated people on this forum.

[BJJ]

Very well said. I'm actually impressed, there seems to be some very fight educated people on this forum.

Well actually I am disappointed instead since I am dealing with almost all US people here and I thought BJJ was much more developed!

After all, Gracie's second home country is U.S.A.

[gunslinger2]

Well actually I am disappointed instead since I am dealing with almost all US people here and I thought BJJ was much more developed!

After all, Gracie's second home country is U.S.A.

They have seen too much boxing.

[BJJ]

That's why!

[Ironnips]

I would use mma

[Brown Ninja]

TKD is almighty

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

Oldschool original Ninjutsu would kill anyone for sure...

[Brown Ninja]

what about ninja's?

[BJJ]

TKD is almighty

Using legs, sure it is the best among all and but... just legs are not enough.

[kaptainkeezy04]

If I could train one art, I would probably do painting...impressionist stuff.

[!!!ZeuS!!!]

muay thai with a slice of krabi krabong i no you say one stile but!!!!!! krabi is a style of the original muay thai war were not won with just hands and feet

[BJJ]

muay thai with a slice of krabi krabong i no you say one stile but!!!!!! krabi is a style of the original muay thai war were not won with just hands and feet

You have chosen one of the most dangerous martial arts.
Krabi krabong is an "only offence" art which, nevertheless, it is used in combination with weapons.
So, in the stone age you could have found only stones...

[irish_2003]

I still say Rex Kwon Do

[!!!ZeuS!!!]

chuck norris would kick ass lol

[MadSweeps]

BJJ for me.

Its like some people think that BJJ guy don't know how to punch someone?
I mean I'm pretty sure that once I get mount on someone I can figure out what to do next. Thats if the guy is still awake or still wants to fight with a broken elbow.

[TheOdyssey]

Combat Cambo!
This martial art include Judo take down skills, strikings (kicks and punches), submission skills, and basic weapon (such as knifes) skills.
There is a reason why Fyodor Emelianenko have been champion in Judo, Cambo, Combat Cambo and MMA! (All in open weight class)

[BJJ]

forget the weapons, there were none of them in the stone age.
...and i believe you wanted to mean combat combo, right?

[Kiki]

Muay Thai hands down

[BJJ]

Muay Thai hands down

You wanted to mean "Muay Thai hands up"

[Brown Ninja]

pro wrestling

[gunslinger2]

pro wrestling

Only if using old school ECW circa 1993.

[o3clipsegts]

brazilian jiu jitsu

[BJJ]

ok heres the deal.

we are back to the stone ages, no weapons may be used, all fights are one on one.

Which are to you Master?

Muay Thai
Boxing
Krav Margra
Kung Fu
Tkd
BJJ or JJ
Judo
Sambo
etc.......

i say striking wouldnt be optimal because if u fought often ur hands and feet and what not would be destroyed and you couldnt defend yourself as well.

id go with like BJJ or Catch Wrestling, submission grappling


go ahead and lemme know what you think

Why don't you start a poll, just to see in a better way the whole of the preferences.
I noticed many people looked at this thread but just a few answered.

[Deltasaurus]

do it

[Geezy]

I'd do shotokan ...that way my "hadoken" will destroy all!!!

[JUSTamazing]

Pradel Serey or Bokator AKA Kickboxing, but if I had to choose from your list muay thai. I start Kickboxing classes next month so ofcourse I would want to be master of this.

[JUSTamazing]

I'd do shotokan ...that way my "hadoken" will destroy all!!!

LOL, I've been play street fighter since the super nintendo days until now to the ps3. BEST FIGHTING GAME EVER.

[elpropiotorvic]

Shaolin