Top 10 martial arts for self-defense, plus an extra suggestion

[DemonGeminiX]

Just a list:

http://listverse.com/2010/05/15/top-...-self-defense/

Y'all can discuss it if you want.

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the bonus one works

[DemonGeminiX]

the bonus one works

I think Lance will get a kick out of that one, especially the Chuck Norris quote.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

the bonus one works

I think Lance will get a kick out of that one, especially the Chuck Norris quote.

[DemonGeminiX]

P.S.

I would so learn Krav Maga in a heartbeat.

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P.S.

I would so learn Krav Maga in a heartbeat.

start now and you'd be ready to kick santa's ass when he drops down the chimney at christmas

[Teh One Who Knocks]

[Muddy]

I bet that Israeli shit is bad to the bone...

[Hal-9000]

believe it or don't I was taught some Wing Chun, which turned into Jeet Kune Do and the article has it right.....you don't do a classic block/then return routine, you do it simultaneously. (the art of the intercepting fist..)

I did use it one night in a pub by my house....big gronk got nasty and in my face and as he was swinging, I stepped into him and used an elbow block. Imagine grabbing your right wrist with your left hand and swinging full force with your right elbow, up and out quickly.

Anyways...I lucked out and connected very solidly with his chin and he went down complaining of a 'broben nobes' He was about 6 inches taller and 50 pounds heavier and if he hit me with one of those meathooks I probably would have been spitting out teeth.


and yes I want to learn the Krav Maga moves too....it's another bastardization of multiple disciplines....just like Master Bruce put together

[FBD]

believe it or don't I was taught some Wing Chun, which turned into Jeet Kune Do

WC is very simple, straightforward, and is probably the best street fighting art there is. have bridge, cross bridge, no bridge, attack! bruce was never taught all of wing chun, and being a movie man he basically bastardized 'em all int a free flowing whatever works, but based largely on wing chun, boxing, fencing...and whoever got the idea that grappling and joint locks are specific to things like JJ and aikido? preposterous asserting that jkd made him "fast enough" vs wjm, as if it were a style thing.

gotta chuckle at all these descriptions though. any art can be applied to deadly precision. what no tai chi here?

[DemonGeminiX]

WC is very simple, straightforward, and is probably the best street fighting art there is. have bridge, cross bridge, no bridge, attack! bruce was never taught all of wing chun, and being a movie man he basically bastardized 'em all int a free flowing whatever works, but based largely on wing chun, boxing, fencing...and whoever got the idea that grappling and joint locks are specific to things like JJ and aikido? preposterous asserting that jkd made him "fast enough" vs wjm, as if it were a style thing.

gotta chuckle at all these descriptions though. any art can be applied to deadly precision. what no tai chi here?

Tai chi is aerobics for old people. That's what my Chinese friends told me back in college.

[Hal-9000]

Tai chi is aerobics for old people. That's what my Chinese friends told me back in college.

To me it's just a form of stretching and breathing....beginner yoga, Asian flava

[Hal-9000]

WC is very simple, straightforward, and is probably the best street fighting art there is. have bridge, cross bridge, no bridge, attack! bruce was never taught all of wing chun, and being a movie man he basically bastardized 'em all int a free flowing whatever works, but based largely on wing chun, boxing, fencing...and whoever got the idea that grappling and joint locks are specific to things like JJ and aikido? preposterous asserting that jkd made him "fast enough" vs wjm, as if it were a style thing.

gotta chuckle at all these descriptions though. any art can be applied to deadly precision. what no tai chi here?

I was taught off and on for 3 years in both a class and at the guy's house. I learned way more with just a heavy bag and him, versus a class environment. He'd always say - This is the proper form...and this is how it applies (meaning he'd alter something in the form) This was about 15 years ago (when I was in shape) and I still remember the warmups in class being worse than the repetitive form movements and the sparring

He was a lot like Bruce....economy of movement was everything. He hated Taekwondo and some aspects of karate and had noooo problem demonstrating why they sucked when someone brought it up

[PorkChopSandwiches]

[Hal-9000]

If you're ever really stuck and some bastard is coming at you, just kick straight out and down at the knee...you don't have to turn your hips or raise your leg more than 2 feet up..

most people watch for punches and even if you do it wrong, you'll delay the attacker. Do it right and he'll be bent over or on the ground wincing in pain................