Which one is the best martial art?

I am refering only to these following: hapkido,aikido,karate,taekwondo,wing chun,jiu jitsu,jeet kune do,muay thai,kempo.

Which one is the best martial art?
Quickest to learn for Self Defense – Judo





In 6 weeks to 6 months you can learn to defend yourself. Highly recommended for females. The bigger your opponent is - the harder they fall. After two / three years of Karate you're still a danger to yourself, it’s not easy to fight with your feet.





Best for sports education – Judo and Tae Kwon Do





You are likely to find Judo and Tae Kwon Do offered in College and of course they are Olympic sports.





In general Korean Karate is 60/40 - feet / hands and Japanese Karate is 40/60 - feet / hands. A young man already taught boxing would find Japanese Karate easier to learn for this reason.





There are many soft styles of Martial Arts (i.e. Aikido) that are effective but by design take a very long time to master.





There is no “Best” style. The individual athlete is more important than the style.





What to avoid –


American created Martial Arts, often with a Kung Fu type name. Such as - Jim’s Kung Fu and Karate’. (There is authentic Kung Fu, but Americans often plagiarize the name).





Good Luck and Have Fun!
Reply:the one you are good at.
Reply:None of the ones you listed are the best. If you're looking for the best in a limited focus, you'll never find it.
Reply:There is no "best". I favor the traditional arts that teach philsophy %26amp; values along with fighting shills. That eliminates Ju Jitsu %26amp; Muay Thai. Of the rest, it's more important to find a good instructor.
Reply:Another one of these questions. Each has it's pluses and minuses. There is no clear cut winner.
Reply:The best for doing what? The ones you listed all have strengths and weaknesses. and the fact is that the better fighter will win regardless of his style.
Reply:There is no such thing as a "best" martial art; never has been and never will be. Especially if you are asking which one is superior when tested against another in combat, for that is always determined by the individual and not by any style. I have met some teachers/masters of taijiquan, a style that most people do not think of as capable of being a truly 'martial' art, that I would bet on against the most competent of 'fighter' I have ever seen on television; you know, the MMA brawlers of the UFC that claimed that only their 'style' is superior in combat.





The bottom line is that style isn't important. In fact, it carries so little importance that you should study multiple styles that focus on different approaches. However, all true martial arts have the same goal in mind; the unification of mind, body, and spirit and seeking enlightenment through a physical, mental and spiritual discipline. Anything that doesn't focus on these goals is merely training in fighting and has little to do with what the martial arts are really about.





It is time for us to stop asking questions such as "which is the best style" and time to start asking questions such as "how can I learn and grow, find peace and harmony, and develop myself in mind, body and spirit within the path of the martial arts?" Then we can all let go of this egotistical search for the "best" and return to what this is all really about.
Reply:The type of martial arts you chose should depend on your current skills.Different styles of martial arts are fought from different place for example if you wanted to fight a guy someone close you could chose aikido and if you wanted to fight someone further away you would chose a different style. Besides martial arts is a form of self defense and way of life to many people so studying it should be for that reason to enlighten ones self, Grasshopper
Reply:None of those, take up Origami instead ;-)
Reply:JITSU
Reply:There is always someone whom wonders which is best when they should wonder how to make myself the best.





Martial arts training is only 10% of the fight.





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Reply:Dude it's a personal choice of which discipline YOU want to study there isn't a "best" Martial Art. Only YOU can Make the decision about which one is best for YOU and what you want to get out of studying Martial arts for your personal benefit.





The problem with asking "what's a good Martial Art for me to learn?" or “what’s the “best” Martial Art to learn” has 2 major problems:





1st: these questions just beg for the majority of people here to start blurting out names of disciplines that are probably not even available in your area.





2nd: Just because they recommend a Martial Art that they may (or worse MAY NOT) have studied and it just happened to become THEIR favorite Martial Art because they’re interested in studying it or it worked for them** doesn't mean that it's going to work for you or that you’ll find it interesting.





The discipline you may wind up studying DOESN'T MATTER because there is NO discipline that is better than another, because they ALL have their strengths AND weaknesses.





so hears a couple of tips you may want to consider about choosing a discipline that YOU think is right or "best" for you:





First of all, what YOU need to do is research local schools by looking in the phone book or internet search engine to find out if there ARE any Martial Arts schools in your area (which apparently you've already done considering you have a sizeable list here.)





Second, if you can find at least 3 schools that interest you the most out of this list then you're on the right track, watch a few classes at each one and decide which one out of those 3 schools that interested you the most.





Third, the next thing you should do is find out if your final pick has trial classes (up to a weeks worth to help you make a decision, hopefully without being hassled to join or sign a contract to join the class), and if you find that you like the school, then enroll in the class. if you don't go to your next pick and start again with trial classes to see if you like it.





You just need to find a Martial Arts School that will provide a safe, "family like" environment for you and that the instructor(s) are going to help you become the best Martial Artist that you can become.





What matters is that you feel comfortable in the classes (and like the classes) and feel comfortable that the instructor (and the instructor's TEACHING style and not the discipline itself) can properly teach you self defense without the "smoke and mirrors" .





The instructor should also like to do it more for the teaching aspect rather than the "making money" which it is a business to make money after all; but it should not be the only reason for teaching the discipline.





The biggest problem you should worry about in finding a school is being aware of schools that're a "McDojo's" or "belt factory" type of school.





These schools usually do a lot of boasting; particularly about how soon their students make their 1st degree black belts. A prime example of this: having several "young black belts" that're usually 9 or 10 yr old kids, which should be a rare thing to see unless the child started learning the discipline when they were 4 yrs old, or promising that as a student you’ll be making your black belt in about a year’s time (the average should be between 4 to 5 years or better) which often means that they have a high student turnout rate. This is a Red Flag





They may also try to get you to commit to (by signing) a contract, usually one that's 6 months long or more or try to get you to pay down a large sum of money for that kind of time period. This is a BIG red flag





And don’t be fooled by these schools telling you about how many tournaments or competitions their students have entered and placed in or won a trophy, which is NOT a necessity in Martial Arts. Tournaments/competitions can be good to test your own skills at point sparring but again, it’s not necessary because they are the LEAST important aspect to concern yourself with in Martial Arts.





Long story short, these schools will basically "give" you your belt ranks every few months as long as you are paying the outrageous fees per month, and you won't really learn self defense.
Reply:I would try them all to see which one chooses you. All body types and mind sets are different. Find the one that compliments yours.
Reply:there all the best if your tall muay tai is for you, if your athletic choose karate or take won do , if your not strong and have very little striking skill choose aikido.( jeet kune do is not a style its a system that martial art can adopt to fill up the caps it take the punching of boxing the kicks of kung fu but you can do it by it self .)wing Chung and jiu jitsu is for every one.





choosing the best type of martial art is like choose your dream car some might choose fast one ,some big ,on looks it depends on the person just like martial arts that why there is so much argument which one is the best a short person might argue that bjj is better than muay tai because he cant kick as good as the tall people in muay tai and a tall person will get grappled easy in bjj because hes got alot of limbs and bones sticking out . no one can tell you the best martial art they would just tell what there good at.
Reply:None of them can be considered as the best. It is the application that matters; the self-discipline, the concentration and focus.
Reply:It is hard to pick one discipline above all the others, because each one has their pros and cons. I would advise someone to become proficient in wrestling, brazilian ju-jitsu, kickboxing, and submission fighting. The more disciplines you're good at, the better all around fighter you'll become.
Reply:While technically not a martial art in itself, of the ones listed, Jeet Kune Do might be the "best" only because it's not actually a style of fighting. You just use whatever technique works to come out victorious in a given situation. Example: If a person is very aggressive in punching, Aikido moves would be appropriate as it is defensive, but if your opponent switches to trying to kicking, Aikido is no longer as effective, and Muay Thai blocking would be better. Some one who "studies" in Jeet Kune Do incorporates all different styles of fighting into their own technique, so when the situation changes, they can adapt easily.
Reply:The one that works for you..it may take some time before you fine an Art that fits your personality, I have studied some 6 different Arts over the past 30 years and today...its Kenpo. In other styles I felt like I was being programed like a robot, do just what my instructor told me to do without question. kenpo is not like that at all nor are the instructors.





Go on-line and check out some Kenpo video self defense clips and enjoy. I started my Kenpo training 10 years ago. I wish you the best in your Martial Art endeavors.
Reply:they did a special on this on the history channel i believe if memory serves me correctly it was kung fu followed by karate .im not sure of no1 but no2 was definately karate.going by the list you have presented it is not that simple since you have styles that fall under kung fu and karate.understand that kung fu is an chinese martial art form so any style with chinese roots is a form of kung fu.karate is japanese.tae kwon do is korean.what you would have to do is see which style fits you.if you are small and flexible i would recomend a chinese art form (kung fu)if you are all about power i would recomend karate.but like i said it is not that simple .i for one study karate but i do like the jeet kune do philosophy of using the best technics from other styles to enhance my own
Reply:Hapkido.