ABOUT MARTIAL ARTS IN GENERAL...

[tobiasboon2]

Hi MY FRIENDS, how are u? This time i am writing to you in order to know more about martial arts. I would like you to help me improve my knowledge of martial arts, please you must help me!!! My question is… Is it true that all martial arts are divided into 3 general areas: 1- TRADITIONAL, 2-MODERN, 3-MIXED/STREETFIGHTING???

If it is true, could you put into the correct area(Traditional, Modern or Mixed) each one of the following martial arts please???

1- AIKIDO

2- JUDO

3- KRAV MAGA (I think it belongs to Modern, right?)

4- NINJUTSU

5- SIPALKI

6- TAEKWONDO (ITF) (I think it belongs to Traditional, right?)

7- JEET KUNE DO

8- KICKBOXING (I think it belongs to Mixed, right?)

9- MUAY THAI

10- BOXING

11- WING CHUN

12- KUNG FU SAN SOO

13- BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU

14- ASHIHARA

15- KUDO DAIDO JUKU

16- KYOKUSHINKAI KARATE-DO

17- HAPKIDO

18- CAPOEIRA

Well my friends, I hope your answer. This question surely wont take you more than 5 minutes so I hope an answer from yours. Good luck, bye my friends!!

[Belasko]

Unfortunately this isn't necesarily a black and white answer. Many arts are traditional and sport/modern. Even modern ones are generally based on more traditional styles. Same w/ mixed/streetfighting. Those usually take what a person has decided works best from many different styles. If you check out different classes in your area you will probably notice after a while that the basic components are often the same. Where you will see differences is more along the lines of soft vs. hard styles, and linear vs. circular styles

[scottnshelly]

Belasko makes a great point. I’ll also add that it is largely up to the practitioner.

Most arts at one point were modern; some have stuck around virtually unchanged until they are now called traditional. A modern art these days typically consists of either a traditional art modified or a combination of two or more traditional arts.

Using the list that you provided, I will do my best to answer traditional or modern.

1- AIKIDO – fairly modern

2- JUDO – mostly traditional, some modern

3- KRAV MAGA (I think it belongs to Modern, right?) – mostly modern

4- NINJUTSU – somewhat traditional, not really modern

5- SIPALKI - unsure

6- TAEKWONDO (ITF) (I think it belongs to Traditional, right?) – could go either way

7- JEET KUNE DO - modern

8- KICKBOXING (I think it belongs to Mixed, right?) - modern

9- MUAY THAI – traditional, but modernized

10- BOXING – boxing has been around for a long time, it is very modern in the way that we view it today though.

11- WING CHUN - traditional

12- KUNG FU SAN SOO - traditional

13- BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU – modern based on traditional

14- ASHIHARA - unsure

15- KUDO DAIDO JUKU – sounds traditional

16- KYOKUSHINKAI KARATE-DO – fairly modern, but based on traditional

17- HAPKIDO – traditional but modernized

18- CAPOEIRA – traditional but modernized

Aikido, Kyokushinkai Karate-Do and some others are considered traditional, however they were invented recently (in the last 100 years). Because of the recent date of invention, they can also be considered modern.

Disclaimer: these are my opinions and may not coincide with others’ opinions.

[JusticeZero]

1- AIKIDO - Modern/Traditional

2- JUDO - Modern

3- KRAV MAGA - Modern

4- NINJUTSU - Traditional

5- SIPALKI - not familiar

6- TAEKWONDO not enough info - Traditional/Modern?

7- JEET KUNE DO - Mixed

8- KICKBOXING - Modern

9- MUAY THAI - Traditional, often taught as part of Mixed

10- BOXING - Traditional

11- WING CHUN - not enough info

12- KUNG FU SAN SOO - not enough info

13- BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU - Modern, often taught as part of Mixed

14- ASHIHARA - not familiar

15- KUDO DAIDO JUKU - ???

16- KYOKUSHINKAI KARATE-DO - Traditional

17- HAPKIDO - Modern

18- CAPOEIRA - Depends.. as the term encompasses quite a few arts (equivalent to ryu or forms of karate/jujutsu/gungfu)

Main issue being how you are determining the difference between 'Modern' and 'Traditional'.

[ibuki]

14- ASHIHARA - modern

15- KUDO DAIDO JUKU - MMA modern

[DokterVet]

The traditional vs. modern martial arts distinction is a bit misleading because most of the arts commonly refered to as 'traditional' (ie shotokan, taekwondo, aikido, wing chun) are in fact newer than most of the arts commonly refered to as 'modern' (ie brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay thai, boxing).

But I think in general the distinction is made to seperate arts which teach based on the tradition of the art/style/teacher vs arts which continually evolve to use the best techniques and training methods. This is how I will evaluate the following:

1- AIKIDO - traditional

2- JUDO - modern

3- KRAV MAGA - N/A

4- NINJUTSU - traditional

5- SIPALKI - N/A

6- TAEKWONDO (ITF) - traditional

7- JEET KUNE DO - By definition should be modern, but often isn't.

8- KICKBOXING - modern

9- MUAY THAI - modern

10- BOXING - modern

11- WING CHUN - traditional

12- KUNG FU SAN SOO -N/A

13- BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU - modern

14- ASHIHARA - modern, some tradition

15- KUDO DAIDO JUKU - N/A

16- KYOKUSHINKAI KARATE-DO - traditional/modern (aspects of both)

17- HAPKIDO - traditional

18- CAPOEIRA - traditional

[Sohan]

I don't care for labels. A martial art is what it is. You either find it useful for your goals, or you choose another art. Choose an MA, work as hard as you can for a few years to gain proficiency, and then step back and analyze MA as a whole. You don't yet really have that perspective to applying meaning to these labels you're using.

With respect,

Sohan