Four martial artists walk into bar...
Two questions I often get asked as a martial artist are: 1. What is THE BEST martial art. And 2, if 'such and such martial art' is so good, why do we never see it in the UFC? Okay, so let me start by saying that the is no 'best' martial art. No single discipline that trumps all other disciplines. If there was, we would all just be doing that, wouldn't we? All martial arts have their strengths, and they all have their flaws. What can be seen as a strong point in one style, can be the chink in the armour of another. Let's use this analogy... Four martial artists walk into a bar. One does MMA, one does Karate, one does Aikido and one does BJJ. The MMA guy says his martial arts style is the best, because MMA have taken all the best bits from all of the martial arts and combined them into one discipline, that includes striking, kicking, grappling, takedowns and groundwork. The Karate guy, paraphrasing the old Bruce Lee quote as best he can remember it