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Is Boxing really the most powerful martial art?

posted 8 years ago by creatorof2002
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Don't get me wrong, Karate has katas and horse stances and other stuff not practical in a street fight and aikido where you rely on your attackers momentum would not work on a great boxer. A great boxer would beat the tar out of most karate and thai chi and aikido and practitioners of most eastern martial arts. There might be a few exceptions like Bruce Lee but mostly I just see boxers beating the crap out of them. Capoira also loses to boxing, its a DANCE.

BUT... Other contact intensive martial arts like MMA, Muay Thai Kickboxing, and Brazillian Ju Jitsu are REALLY REALLY GOOD. I do not see any boxer except maybe Mike Tyson (and even then its not a guarantee) beating someone well trained in a combat art that includes wrestling/grappling ability, kicks (including knees) and strikes not allowed in boxing like elbows and head butts. As powerful as boxing is and against most people it would work just fine I think its limits would cause pretty much any boxer to lose to a more well rounded martial artist if the fight was a street fight and not a boxing match. I believe any of the members of the Gracie Ju Jitsu clan would beat this guy in a fight but lose horribly to him at just boxing.

[–] DeniP 8 years ago

You ask a question (that was never in the movie)... and then proceed to answer it yourself?
Did you just want to make us witnesses to your thoughts or what?
What's the purpose of this?

[–] Jayroo 8 years ago

it's the weakest lol what a question.

[–] omarpowermotivation 7 years ago

Joe Rogan, UFC commentator , says wrestling is the most important.

Oh and MMA is not an "intensive martial art" LOL.

To be more specific, boxing is striking with the hands. Muay Thai is striking with hands and knees. BJJ is grappling. One is not better than the other--they are different.

[–] Arez-One 7 years ago

Anyone who's ever been in a streetfight knows that the one thing you need to avoid at all cost is lying on the floor. Why? Because streetfights usually involve more than two people. Anything that involves wrestling and grappling is invaluable in MMA, but of little use outside of the ring.

[–] leelapfung 7 years ago

I think the most powerful martial art is nothing about "art". Just go to the moves that a formal fight bans, like hair, fingers, toes, throat, joints. If you aim to kill, you would be most powerful.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 5 months ago

The most powerful martial art, by far, is living a life of harmony, balance and correct relationships.

Martial art is about not fighting.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71691) 5 months ago

I admire boxing a great deal but MMA includes the ground game which makes it more chaotic and exciting, I think MMA is the truest unarmed combat sport. Obviously, most of us are not super trained and conditioned but a hell of a lot of real fights end up on the ground, and I don't think poorly of good fighters that simply lose, it happens to everybody.