Comments on: Top 10 Martial Arts From Outside The Orient

By: p1t1o

p1t1o — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:59:38 +0000

Perhaps BJJ was passed over due to its links with jiu-jitsu?

If you ask me, boxing is a sport, not a martial art, which limits its practicality.

(Before anyone starts, I’m absolutely aware that boxing would come in useful in a brawl, but its still not a complete fighting system, it has rules and regs just like any sport. And dont even get me STARTED on Capoeira…)

By: p1t1o

p1t1o — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:56:14 +0000

No age restriction on any martial art here in the UK as far as I know, and you definitely dont have to be military or anything fo KM either.

There was even quite an amusing scandal a while back about an MMA tournament for very young kids, single digit age I think. It did seem a bit seedy (it was a ticketed public event) at first, but as it turns out it was pretty much all above board, it was very limited, I dont think any kind of strike was allowed and most of the crowd were parents of the kids.

By: Vitali Rostoff

Vitali Rostoff — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:05:07 +0000

How in the world is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu not on this list?

How the hell is Sambo not number 2 and Pankration not 3? I’ve rolled all three and I would bet cash a student of Sambo, Pankration and BJJ could mess up a heavyweight boxer with 1 year of training.

By: gfdgdf

gfdgdf — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:27:44 +0000

There called Kilts you dumb *****.

By: cap

cap — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:25:29 +0000

The “history” presented here is false. Africans alone developed that art from n’dolo. this is evidenced by similar styles around the caribbean. so-called Native Americans had very little to do with the development of Capoeira.

By: lrigD

lrigD — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:08:23 +0000

Regarding the #4 entry, krav maga – I am not sure if you are talking about the USA only when you say that learning krav maga is restricted to military and police use (you do mention the FBI and US Special Forces after it), but here in the Netherlands anybody over the age of 18 can practise krav maga – even before you are 18, in some cases. I have been practising it for several months now, am going to take my first exam next week – and I assure you I am neither military nor police.

By: Ciwei

Ciwei — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:36:37 +0000

Jeet kune do may not really belong on this list. Majority of its core concepts are oriental in origin. The punches employed by Bruce Lee himself were closer to wing chun than they were to western boxing (vertical fist). Center-line control and etc. were taken from Wing Chun.

While it is true that Bruce Lee was an american citizen at that point and did develop it in the west, it still is quite rooted in the orient. Speaking superficially, though, one could say that it falls within the title as it was "made" outside the orient… but this identification is iffy at best.

To be honest, the JKD "revelation" felt rather forced. Good list though.

By: Gideon

Gideon — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:34:52 +0000

Careful about such claims about 'deadliest styles in the world'. Also, Navy SEAL training in knife fighting has a huge halo around it. They get maybe a weeks worth of combat knife training. Now, there are some Navy SEAL's that are extremely good with a knife, mostly due to factors outside their training.

Also, no disrespect to the Apache, but it seems more romanticized legend bolstered by dime novels. There is probably something to their level of ability, but if the 'martial art' ever existed…the remnants are all basically all gone.

By: asdddasd

asdddasd — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:30:29 +0000

Systema should definetly be on the list and likely at first place

By: troller

troller — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:12:10 +0000

then again, JKD was based on mostly Oriental martial arts…