martial arts

Knuckles · 08-01-2003, 07:45 PM

If you wanna talk actual effectiveness in combat situations, for most people, karate is not the way to go--at least not the way it's generally taught in America. You're better off taking, like others have said, kung fu, for effectiveness and variety, since there are a staggering amount of disciplines. Of course, for something really effective, you'd probably wanna go for jujitsu, or better yet, Brazillian jujitsu--very effective stuff. I'm partial to kendo, myself, because it's a sword art, but just for fun, I was considering going into shotokan karate--simply because it's the style Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter use, lol. Hadou-ken!!

08-01-2003, 07:45 PM	#21
Knuckles Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 260	If you wanna talk actual effectiveness in combat situations, for most people, karate is not the way to go--at least not the way it's generally taught in America. You're better off taking, like others have said, kung fu, for effectiveness and variety, since there are a staggering amount of disciplines. Of course, for something really effective, you'd probably wanna go for jujitsu, or better yet, Brazillian jujitsu--very effective stuff. I'm partial to kendo, myself, because it's a sword art, but just for fun, I was considering going into shotokan karate--simply because it's the style Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter use, lol. Hadou-ken!!