» Karate or Kickboxing for self defense ? (1 Viewer)

[mrsajmon23]

Dont be follish enough to look at katas and think thats going to help you in a fight. Katas in Karate are specifically for the "internal" part of Karate, aswell as increasing muscle memory and reflexes.

 

[hungwell1337]

go join up with the shaolin monks, medidate and train for 20 years, then no1 will be able to roll you

 

[Fortify]

go join up with the shaolin monks, medidate and train for 20 years, then no1 will be able to roll you

wot bout street fighting bro

 

[condor143]

jiu-jitsu is the best in my opinion

 

[Silent_Sniper]

Dont be follish enough to look at katas and think thats going to help you in a fight. Katas in Karate are specifically for the "internal" part of Karate, aswell as increasing muscle memory and reflexes.

Katas teach you style and also increases your speed... So therefore they do in fact help you in a fight... No your not going to do the kata in a fight but you will use the speed and style you have learnt..

 

[suntzu]

LOL @ all the stereotypical karate comments!
clearly no one here knows anything about martial arts..and if you did, you'd know all have their strengths and weaknesses, therefore showing there is no superior art.

 

[mrsajmon23]

Katas teach you style and also increases your speed... So therefore they do in fact help you in a fight... No your not going to do the kata in a fight but you will use the speed and style you have learnt..

lol....thats EXACTLY what i meant, i don't think i typed it right.

doing a kata in a fight obviously won't help, but the skills etc you learn from doing them will.

 

[mrsajmon23]

LOL @ all the stereotypical karate comments!
clearly no one here knows anything about martial arts..and if you did, you'd know all have their strengths and weaknesses, therefore showing there is no superior art.

please refer to post # 20 you scrub.

 

[Silent_Sniper]

lol....thats EXACTLY what i meant, i don't think i typed it right.

doing a kata in a fight obviously won't help, but the skills etc you learn from doing them will.

Lol okay.. Yea..

 

[DownInFlames]

I'd be tempted to say kickboxing. I study Karate and find that most of it probably won't help me that much in a fight. Maybe it will be different given a few more years of practice. Who knows.

Out of anything the sparring practice would help the most, you learn some useful stuff like "It really hurts my arm if I hit you with that part of my hand, I won't do that in future." and "if I hold my guard out further it's harder for you to hit me."

Basically I look at it like this: Karate probs won't help me defend myself all that much. Neither will netball. It helps to increase coordination, flexibility, strength, balance, control. So it's still good.

I don't know much about kickboxing so no critique there sorry.

 

[inhinyero]

I am actually a frustrated taekwondo player. but between the two? I'd prefer karate over kickboxing

 

[Silent_Sniper]

I am actually a frustrated taekwondo player. but between the two? I'd prefer karate over kickboxing

same

 

[theism]

BJJ is best for self defence i think

 

[Utsawin_Guitar]

you're a massive faggot, dont do martial arts its for asians who are trying to find a way to defend themselves because they are little bitches

wtf is wrong with you"? all im saying is that kickboxing/muay thai in my personal opinion is better for you then fucking karate, id rather learn some stuff, then learn nothing at all, and yeah i believe its good to learn all styles, bJJ, muay thai, boxing and all that,,...and plus the skill of someone fucking someone up in a fight is the individual, not everyone who does martial arts is a "shit" or a "good" fighter,theres plenty of people out there who do martial arts, such as MT, would seriously fuck you up and im pretty sure its open to all races,

whats up your ass? your daddies cock?did he touch you in the shower when you were young? so now your taking your vengeance out in the cyber world? go blow a goat asswipe, do me a favour and get yourself curb stomped

 

[Silent_Sniper]

wtf is wrong with you"? all im saying is that kickboxing/muay thai in my personal opinion is better for you then fucking karate, id rather learn some stuff, then learn nothing at all, and yeah i believe its good to learn all styles, bJJ, muay thai, boxing and all that,,...and plus the skill of someone fucking someone up in a fight is the individual, not everyone who does martial arts is a "shit" or a "good" fighter,theres plenty of people out there who do martial arts, such as MT, would seriously fuck you up and im pretty sure its open to all races,

whats up your ass? your daddies cock?did he touch you in the shower when you were young? so now your taking your vengeance out in the cyber world? go blow a goat asswipe, do me a favour and get yourself curb stomped

roflmao

 

[Silent_Sniper]

Karate! Awesome katas and kumite

Too true

 

[Sokolov]

karate for children and women gets you killed on the street.

use an M1911

 

[Omie Jay]

for self defence, krav maga

 

[Loneliness is]

for self defence, krav maga

shut up you are lame

 

[whiteguy]

For pure self defence. Go krav maga, or find a good reality based self defense (RBSD)school.In sydney, try Flora fighting system, budo jitsu, join a good martial arts forum like Blitzmag.net to ask for something near you.

The thing with RSBD is that they go beyond the phyiscal part of confrontation. they look at psychological (huge part) as well and go beyond physical mpvements in the air.

Things like scenario training, weapons defence, tactics, etc...

If your serious about self-defence dont waste your time on trditional stuff like karate. For pure fighting techquies, extreme power, fitness, conditioning look no further than the proven arts of Muay thai, boxing, wreslting, BJJ, Sambo and combination of two or more of those will be Mixed martial arts. And the best way to find a good MMA , muay thai, boxing , wrestling gym is to look at the fighters they've produced. The proof is in the pudding.

SYDNEY gyms: Elite fight gym, bulldog gym, sinosic perosh, roots, gracie barra, gracie Oceania, ultimate fighting arts.