Interested in learning a fighting technique

[einstein1905]

I sure will,

karate, tae kwon do, ninjitsu, etc - are the most useless fighting styles... ever.

oh i'm wrong? hey, name 1 recent UFC, PRIDE or K1 champion who was a karate-guy? (btw, andy hug doesn't count, unless you call karate kickboxing)

and as for street-fighting, the gentleman who wins tends to be the one who wants to kill you more (not which one is the most spirtually enlightened)

To say that any of the martial arts is inferior is wrong....it has little to do with the art and much to do with the individual. In all my years competing (TKD, boxing, wrestling, MT, am. kickboxing, and eventually MMA), I was always the same person/fighter. Just because you're fighting in a TKD tournament, doesn't mean you have to fight like the majority of the fighters. You're limited by the rules, yes, but that doesn't mean that you HAVE to go out there throwing goofy butterfly kicks and impractical spinning high kicks all the time. My style didn't change (other than conforming to the rules) when I fought TKD or kickboxing. It's all about the practicioner...not the "art". The art merely serves as a base, a foundation, for developing balance, hand and foot speed, and footwork. You're not obligated to be a rigid fighter just because karate was your base....or to be a offense-oriented flamboyant kicker just because your a TKD competitor

[Aku]

Now there is true wisdom here.....
I agree with you einstein 100%

To say that any of the martial arts is inferior is wrong....it has little to do with the art and much to do with the individual. In all my years competing (TKD, boxing, wrestling, MT, am. kickboxing, and eventually MMA), I was always the same person/fighter. Just because you're fighting in a TKD tournament, doesn't mean you have to fight like the majority of the fighters. You're limited by the rules, yes, but that doesn't mean that you HAVE to go out there throwing goofy butterfly kicks and impractical spinning high kicks all the time. My style didn't change (other than conforming to the rules) when I fought TKD or kickboxing. It's all about the practicioner...not the "art". The art merely serves as a base, a foundation, for developing balance, hand and foot speed, and footwork. You're not obligated to be a rigid fighter just because karate was your base....or to be a offense-oriented flamboyant kicker just because your a TKD competitor