Budoscholar00

but heres my idea of the top 10 I cant believe noone mentioned Aikido! 1. aikido 2. Jujitsu 3. Kenpo 4. Kyokyushin Karate 5. Ninpo Taijitsu 6. Tai Chi Chuan (only when combined with other arts) 7. Judo 8. I suppose Ill throw in Kung fu styles (but who knows, I cant find a real school! ever watch kyokyushin vs kung fu videos?! the kung fu practicioners get litterally whooped silly) I cannot honestly give two more off hand! Unless I said Brazillian jujitsu and American Kenpo (Ed Harper). I would say Jeet Kun Do but that also would mean that I would be calling Jeet Kun Do an actual style when Bruce Lee simply said that it was a template to form your own style by! the idea was to take the good techniques of various styles and throw out the bad! Many martial artists have done this... many have merely picked the wrong styles to study. I too am on that road... Hope I didnt offend anyone about kung fu,.. it is very hard now to find REAL old fashioned Effective Kung Fu ... Even Wushu is confused with Wing Chun by so many its crazy! I would love to see the supposedly lost but perhaps still excisting powerful fuedal chinese techniques of old Shaolin Kung Fu in action but until then I have my doubts on modern adaptations. Tai Chi Chuan is needed to handle blows better, to move and dodge better! There are endless uses for Tai chi Chuan! and by the way whoever mentioned Eagle Claw vs Tai Chi! I believe Eagle Claw is chinese martial arts Ballet! You can go beat up this Grandmaster (Wing Chun) that I am familiar with if I offended you on calling that Ballet! But he said Wushu is a form of Entertaining art not a fighting art. Correct me if im wrong but Eagle claw style is Wushu, and if you have seen the demonstrations you might giggle a bit and think.. Gee... this is going to help me HOW in a real situation? kk I said my part! -BudoScholar00

Streetfighter meaning ethically undisciplined but a brawler that could generally be anyone? if im getting that correct! Interesting way to express the term streetfighter. I have some cousins that would be considered the "Streetfighter" types! There are three of them, they love to brawl... one claims he would take down any martial artist because he has taken down some tae kwon do black belts and maybe a couple of other martial artists not so well trained. The problem is, his style is the first listed type! he hasnt been formally trained! his idea of a fight is taking bricks and trying to smash someones head in... he believes its kill or be killed! You have to be ruthless and brutal! In fact hes always been a bully to his family members and friends... and worse to others! After taking his train of thought into deep consideration I decided to do a lot of research about his type of brawling! You will notice in a real fight with a "Sloppy Brawler" you will find them rushing you first almost every single time! This is why i am so fond of Aikido, Judo, Jujitsu, and the like! This is where a defensive/leverage based martial art could become extremely useful! Budoscholar