A perfect martial art?

[Adonis]

bingo! well said gtf

[JusticeZero]

No, and it wouldn't be 'perfect'. 'The five flavors cloy the palate' and all that. You would cover a vast menu of solutions with such an art, and while chosing which of the myriad ways to fight the attack off (none of which you had spent much time doing), be steamrolled.

Your core training should center around a small number of movements that work, then you should add range from there tying into the favorites. That means you will probably build a general response and then add to it with more depth of training that broadens and builds upon the tools you have chosen to base your response on. This might be all grappling, or all soft, or anything else.

It will probably not be a "perfect blend of everything". It is up to us to decide what threats we are most likely to face, then carefully chose and hone those tools we need to fight that threat and those like it without becoming distracted and lost roaming the toolshed, or becoming weighted down under a mountain of unpolished tools.

[Sam]

not what u train but how u train.... exactly what i say

if you think you cant train in a technique - tehn dont assume to use it.... use techniques you can practice and will work in a SD situation.... leave as little as possible down to chace.

[Adonis]

sam I think we think alot alike. I like your ideas.

[Treebranch]

I've trained in full contact MA's and it's good for getting use to getting beat up, I agree. Later in life when your knees and other parts of your body are not doing so good and your tired of getting beat up by bigger, and younger fighters. That's when you'll start thinking about other ways of defeating someone without sacrificing so much and look to other MA's that have a more intelligent approach to self protection.

[Adonis]

Find an old man 70's 80's who can apply the moves and make them work. Good source to check out there training methods.

I believe full contact is neccary part of learning but in moderation and sparingly if done to much and ALL THE TIME then your body is so beat up you can't train that way when your older.

[Treebranch]

Who's talking 70 or 80 years old? That's just silly. I think you understand what I'm getting at. If the MA relies on strength and speed to be effective what happens when your not so fast or strong? Do you just give it up?

[elbows_and_knees]

I've trained in full contact MA's and it's good for getting use to getting beat up, I agree. Later in life when your knees and other parts of your body are not doing so good and your tired of getting beat up by bigger, and younger fighters. That's when you'll start thinking about other ways of defeating someone without sacrificing so much and look to other MA's that have a more intelligent approach to self protection.

have you seen chai sirusute? And at his age, he can still kick butt. Also, I know a guy that celebrated his 50th bday by fighting a kickboxing match. Exactly what is this age you are referring to?

[Adonis]

I see what your getting at to develop that though takes awhile right now I go for the MMA stuff gets my distance/timing/ and range of fighting quicker then alot more classical/tradional styles I see.

I also study under person who does say an old mans karate were you get better with age but alot of those concepts takes alot longer to develop to work.

depends on the invidual.

[Menjo]

I agree with most of the posts above saying no martial art is perfect. However I met a guy who takes one which is soley based on defense and it has no physical attack, I thought that was pretty interesting.