What is your favorite all-time fighting style, and why?
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Muay Thai because its the funnest to watch,  you can knock people out with elbows, feet, knees, hands, shins, i've even seen people get kicked with the heel of a foot and go to sleep.\nor Ju Jitsu because its smart, its the perfect way to neutralize someone who is a better striker then you.
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My favourite fighter has always been Royce Gracie i love watching him fight. I am also a big fan of Matt Hughes and to see them fight each other will be AWESOME i am sure it will be the fight of the year. I live in Australia and i am going to California to see it live at UFC 60. I hope Royce wins so we can see more of him if he losses i think he will retire. I am also a big fan of Ken Shamrock but i am afraid Tito will retire him unless Ken goes for Tito's bad leg but he won't. As for GSP i think he is great fighter he may just beat Matt Hughes in a rematch that will also be a great fight. I think that Chuck Liddel is the most exiting fighter in the ufc today and at the moment he looks unstoppable. This year has been filled with the best fights and match ups ever in mma i wish they could find more heavyweight contenders though.\nPlease ask more UFC questions i love it.
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Bernard Hopkins just proved he is an ALL TIME Great...\n\nJermain Taylor might be the next BHOP and\n\nEvander Holyfield is one of the Top 3 Fighters of all TIME>...Read his book by his Manager Jim Thomas..great insight to a REAL WARRIOR!!
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Hopefully you'll find someone more knowledgeable than myself, but in case you don't:  Kung-fu is the most varied and most difficult style to learn, and probably the most successful from an offensive point of view.\n\nAikido is a martial art that relies on flips and twists and might be considered the most successful from a defensive point of view.\n\nTae Kwan Do is basically glorified kick-boxing.  Not very advanced, but a good way to exercise.\n\nThis is the extent of my foolish knowledge.  The ancient masters are probably crying in despair now.
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karate-i took kempo, but tae-kwon-do is also modernized.  make sure it is self-defense-not to be a "gangsta".  i wrestled for six years-that helps with close self defence significantly
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Wing Chun kung-fu: Like most of the stylized kung-fu systems out there they get caught up in the who's instead of the why's and how's. The fixed positions and the inability to expand out of their systems fighting position leaves it vunerable to take downs, angled attacks, multiple person situations, and takes too long to implement the ideas to practical use.\n\nTaekwondo: You're represented by the biggest morons out there WTF and ATA. These orginizations are out for your money, boosting their prestige, and brain washing you into believing that there is a purpose to what they are doing. All the while, WTF specifically, handing you this crock of shit on how long taekwondo has been in existance. Because of their predjudice outlook toward the karate/Japanese culture in which it originated from they've developed a sport based on a game played over 1000 years ago and make people think they're actually learning how to defend themselves. They refuse to look toward proper training for fighting effectively taking them out of the true realm of martial arts. Now there are some fairly solid TKD orginizations out there but they're not represented by the vast majority thus undermining any attempt at validating their system.\n\nKempo: Like saying car, there is no true identity for this system of martial arts. Are we Japanese, American or Chinese. Who give a rats ass. Most systems have tried their damndest (is that really a word?) to validate a fairly effective group of fighting techniques while others get bogged down in the muck of trying to lay claim to some wierd Chinese Shaolin authenticity. Kenpo/Kempo has been represented over many years as some of the hardest hitting, most ferocious fighters in existance. There was a reason they became popular but because of greeed they watered it down to a state where you'd be lucky to find an instructor that wouldn't get you killed in your first encounter on the street. Now a majority of kempo guys are fat, out of shape bastards who are more interested in getting your check book then getting in shape. They have gone the way of TKD but fortunately most schools are changing for the better and maybe in the next decade or so they can rise to the prestige they deserve.\n\nShaolin Kung-fu/Wu Shu: Doesn't exist people it's fucking myth, as a martial arts you are learning to be a fucking gymnast/ballet dancer. Fucking stage performers are all they are. If you like that shit fine but stop licking the balls of these so called Chi masters as if most their stuff wasn't parlor tricks and simple athletic acrobatic techniques. Simple and to the point.\n\nOther systems of Kung-fu: if you aren't training in modern ways then you're not training in Kung-fu. Systems were not to be mired down to tradition they were supposed to change with the time, passing on techniques that worked and adding new ones on to make their respective kwoons "bad ass". Unfortunately you've all seen too many Jet Li and Jackie Chan circle jerk movies and believe half that shit is real. It's the fucking movies people get over it.\n\nJudo: Fucking turning into a bunch of pansies I swear, they outlaw so many moves we're soon going to be left with nothing but a pussified sumo match where only pushing is allowed.\n\nJujitsu: The problem here is identity. Like so many arts Jujitsu wears many masks and covers many different areas of grappling. Some Jujitsu systems look like modern MMA events while others are so bogged down in theoretical shit that they have no comprehension on what works and what doesn't work. Bottom line is if you haven't done it against a fully resisting opponent you'll have no idea if it'lll really work. Most of these practitioners get tied down to tradition and never question for a second their "masters" teaching because they've seen him/her throw some cooperative bitch around. Find Jujitsu that works people.\n\nBrazillian Juj
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I just like to throw a punch or backhand whenever I see the opportunity presenting itself(ex: when they lower their guard in one part of the body). Also, grabbing people's legs when they kick is also fairly effective, especially if they kick at your mid-section or above.
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I'm not sure about best. I have a hard time comparing fighters from different weight classes and different eras. But Julio Cesar Chavez is my favorite and definitely one of the all-time greats.\n\nChavez wasn't at lightweight very long, but it would have been great to see him from '89 fighting a Roberto Duran from '78. That would have been an exciting fight - two guys free with their fists and with great chins. Personally, I think Chavez would have won by decision with his more refined subtle defense, but there's no way of knowing for sure.
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CENA is the best!!\nbut my all time fav. is undertaker..\nlooks, style, attitude.etc.. everything is great about cena!
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Judo is a good starter. Taking someone to the ground is actually pretty easy, and the takedown alone can end the fight. Judo also has some great ground fighting basics. Judo is a better choice than jiujitsu ONLY because everyone I know gets hurt in jiujitsu and almost no one I know gets injured doing judo. \n\nBoxing is also an essential because everyone I know hates getting hit in the face, no matter how ugly or how experienced. No avoiding injuries here, just roll with it.
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systems? like styles?\nyou can get real specific like\nmonkey style kung fu\naikido aikikai\naikido kokikai\ntaekwondo\nishin-ryu\nching style tai chi etc...\n\nstrategies? not sure what you mean.\nYou can be defensive or offensive, be a striker, grappler, or joint-locker.  Strategy has to do with the big picture, like do you want to incapacitate, kill, distract long enough to get away, etc...\n\nTactics are what you use to accomplish that strategy, so if my strategy is to kill, I would use offensive tactics, like throat strikes, or vital point strikes as opposed to grappling or locking.  If my strategy is to hold someone until the police arrive, i will use the opposite tactics.
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Not sure what you mean by "real fighting."  The martial arts you mention as well as others can teach you a lot about technique as well as very useful moves and combinations all while conditioning your body and mind.  There are also hapkido or aikido for grappling and joint locks.  So, there is nothing "fake" about any of those.  An individual who is proficient in any of those arts would be a very good fighter.  You could also take the route of someone like Bruce Lee who found those arts limiting and developed his own style by transforming what he learned into something he found more useful.  In any event, there is no "most effective" style of fighting in my opinion.  It depends on the individual's skill in whatever style he knows.
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Boxing. It's a one-on-one competition of strength and skill.
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I think its impossible to scan thru the years and come up with just one fight being "the best" I've ever seen. (Sorry). But, I do remember one vividly that I think was one of the "best" and then some. Michael Carbajal vs Humberto Gonzalez in Las Vegas, March 1993. First time in history a Light Flyweight fight was the Main Event on a PPV card.  Probably two of the heaviest handed guys at 108lbs in history. This was the first of the three wars these two had. To make it even more inticing, it was a unification match, Michael's IBF belt against Chiquita's WBC belt. \n\nTensions had been building between the two leading up to fight night. When the bell sounded Gonzalez was all business. Power Punches were coming from every direction. Carbajal gets dropped in Rounds 2 and 5. Going into the 7th Round, Gonzalez lead on all scorecards (58-54 all judges). Carbajal looked weary and dazed. He had been through hades and back up to that point. Carbajal was no quitter and kept the fight competitive with crisp combinations. Between every round hearing his Brother Screaming and trying to keep Michael motivated.  \n\nHumberto was sticking with his game plan and landing vicious combinations once again. I remember looking at the time in the lower right hand corner of the screen and saying "Well Carbajal survived another round but I think he's going down for the count in the 8th"\n\n..2:52--2:53....2:56..7th Round was probably already scored on all the judges cards at that moment, '10 more points for Gonzalez' (I blinked), BAMMMMM!! ...."ARE YOU KIDDING ME???" With only one second remaining in the 7th round (2 minutes 59 seconds say it a few times to get the effect) Carbajal KOs Gonzalez with a picture perfect left hook to the point of the chin. Fantastic Fight, Fantastic Finish.
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bjj and muay thai everytime\nthats if you want something that actually works. if its just to look good,capoeria, aikido, wu shu, taekwondo.\ni use the general rule\n1 grappling/ground (bjj)\n1 clinch and take down (bjj and mthai)\n1 striking (muay thai)
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My favorite is Earth Bending, but then again, I do study Hung Gar.\n\nInterestingly enough, each nation represents a different Chinese martial art: Air - Xing Yi (pronounced "Sheeng Yee"), Water - Tai Chi Chuan, Fire - Northern Shaolin, and again, Earth - Hung Gar. Toph, though, does southern Mantis.
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It depends on what I am doing.  Point Sparring would be Round because it is my fastest. Breaking boards would be Side because it is my strongest.  Self defense it would Side to the knee.  Contact sparring would be a toss up betwen Round and Side depending on where I want to hit.