There will be many groups and organizations that try to help university students specifically even charitable groups. They will go over many other types of violence that students may encounter more often e.g. theft, spike and the dangers of irresponsible drinking. All of which may also be as dangerous and could occur to students. 'Street smart' is something people in the past values more than some amazing fighting skills on the street in real life.
If you have already checked those things and kept your goal to avoiding a fight at all cost with no other reason to fight other than protection of your body not ego or any other less prioritized matter, that's good. Try as many of the tasters of all of them as possible. Most of university martial arts are sport clubs that give many benefits. While self protection is one of them, some schools in practice lack decent mechanics for functional defense. Therefore it's best to give all of them a try and find out which actually focus more on the skills and technical aspects as well as giving some simulations. Try to avoid ones where things just don't make common sense and if you ask why they don't, they have no answer. E.g. You go through a form in Taiji or TKD and you question why there's so many opening that someone could punch you 50 times before you block and they say it's for multiple opponents...which raise all kinds of question about how you can defend against multiple opponents when one guy can hit you that many times. Same applies for every single style on the list.
styles are made to adapt to your body type
There is no best style.
They will all work as long as you train right and have a good instructor.
Your size, body type and sex have nothing to do with the style you want to choose. People that think that your size and body type determine the style know little to nothing about martial arts
Most people will tell you there style is the best or they heard such and such is a great style,
The style is not important, what matters is how good your instructor is and how you train. The style is secondary, they all have there pro's and con's there are no superior styles.
If you have an instructor that can’t teach you how to fight, regardless of the style, what good would it do you?
Choose a school with a good instructor in the end that’s all that matters, that and how you train.
Its the person that has the ability to fight not the style
Practicality depends on your knowledge on that particular field. To the layman they will view things they don't understand as "non-practical" but to those that know their product it's pretty damn lethal.
Taijiquan. Because not only is it for self-defense, it's also for health. Good for the young and old. The other three is usually only for able bodied folks and that's usually the young ones. Our strength will be gone before we know it but our technique will remain as we grow old. You won't be able to overpower the younger generation but you can USE their power against them. Taiji is deep in theory so it's really difficult to learn but it's called the "supreme fist" for a reason.
I'll tell you a story as a fencer. My maestro is a fat piece of Sh!t and I'm very fit as a fencer. I took boxing classes and weight training classes during my time at college. I had the speed advantage and stamina but he's always able to direct and parry my blade. Why? Because his technique is top notch. He barely ever advanced forward or backward. He just already knew what I was going to do. This story applies to taijiquan. Silk reeling in my opinion is the prise de fur, if you know how to use it you won't ever have to move.
And I forgot to add.....the theory of all the blade work that are in prise de fur are pretty much the same theory of taiji.
you fight the way you train. none of those arts are practical but I would pick brazilian jiu jitsu because it's the most fun out of the four.
KW are you just logging in now with your other accounts, How many accounts do you have KW.
Its a know fact that less then 20% of fights go to the ground. And that the Gracie's lied about their stats
Its a known fact that most fights involve weapons and bjj has no defense against them.
Its a known fact that many fights involve multiple opponents which bjj has no defense against.
Both karate and taekwon do can deal with weapons, opponents larger then you, and multiple people. Heck even aikido is better then bjj, At least aikido can be used against weapons and multiple attackers.
In bjj class you only go against people your own size and weight class. This is a know fact and is even in there rules, you never practice against people bigger then you.
only u can answer that
some people are stiff as a board and no amount of stretching can
help them such as in tae kwon do
others are of the rugged type short and stocky suitable for greco wrestling
so in the end find out your strenghts and weaknesses and work u way
towards other arts completing your training
I could ask what brand of tool is most practical? The principle is the same. Tools can do nothing. They require a person to use them. Different users use them with differing levels of skill. The martial arts also work like that.
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Jiu-Jitsu. This is the most universal style.
Brazilian jiu jitsu 100% and teakwando if u can take both.
Why don't you just do what the majority does and that would be Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA. You can never go wrong when you become a sheep and follow the others.
I'm thinking about taking a martial art at my university this year, but I'm wondering which would be most useful for everyday life if I somehow end up in a fight. My school only offers:
Tai Chi
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Tae Kwon Do
and Karate
I'm 5'10" and about 160 lbs, so I'm an average sized guy. Which would be best for me?
I would say wushu, but with your selection I would go with Tai Chi.
Also when you say practical, do you mean, "protect yourself if you're getting mugged" because in that case they are likely carrying a gun, and likely going to shoot it, and kill you. So if that's what you're talking about then I would buy a gun and take some shooting lessons because no kind of fighting or martial arts can protect you from a gun.
They are all good. Just depends on your interests, availability and of course how and who teaches. As long as it is effective, who cares.
@KW what martial arts did you claim to study again. Karate or Kempo or what was it? lol tell the truth KW. We know your full of it.
I see KW deleted his answer and every ones comments to him. I guess he didn't like the unbiased answers abt what he rants and blogs abt. Than he criticizes some one else. As soon as he is criticized he can't handle his own medicine.
first, any school that offers multiple styles is suspect, in my opinion. as for which is best, you have to look at intent.
http://karatedr.com/intent-will-tell-you...
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.Taekwondo depends if it's WTF I wouldn't really recommend if it's ITF then I would say somewhat recommendable. But if you want practicality usually it comes down to the instructor's teaching whatever art it is. You can pick bjj if you fancy but I can't guarantee the practicality of it in your university.(You have to see this for yourself)
Edit:Anyway I suggest you go try out each of the classes you listed above and see which martial art you wanna take.Trying out doesn't mean you have to purchase uniform before hand or sign any contract so just go and try out which martial art is more practical in your sense before fully commiting.
Senja .
