Best Martial Arts Ranked By PRO MMA Fighter
I asked UFC fighter Natan Levy to rank the best martial arts for MMA and street fighting. 00:00 Intro 00:06 Ninjutsu 00:15 Capoeira …
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November 8, 2024
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Stopped watching after dude didnt know shi about fma. Also jkd is mma, idiots
This guy's must be speaking shit, copeira has the most deadly of kicks
Muay Thai should S
Some of this is lost, like traditional Kung fu that was taught to chinese military personnel with bladed weapons, poisoning people, trickery, battle strategies, ect is that gonna win in an mma match… probably not, put them in 5 mile urban situation life or death type thing you gonna bet on the mma guy or a trained chinese assassin. 2 different things are being compared. Like a kendo guy who practices Japanese sword techniques and spares with those bamboo swords, ok take his sword and put him in an mma match with a mma guy uh…. not good for kendo, now give them both samurai swords. Different things are being compared the reason aikido isn't good for fighting is it was developed for samurai if they didn't have a sword as a last effort to counter a sword attack. Wing Chun was created by a women who was trying to box men, maybe she had luck with it in that Era. Basically if you wanna learn to fight box and wrestle. If you want to learn to be like a medeivel asian assassin find a real traditional martial arts teacher they are few and far between,
Capoeira is the most misunderstood art out there. It is VERY good for the street. It's not all ginga….
There isn’t one style that can get you through all situations. You have to mix and in my opinion the best 3 styles to learn would be Muay-Thai-BJJ-Wrestling.
Appreciate this man's no BS approach and his jew jitsu t-shirt lol!
Shen Lung Kung Fu, a style that was brought over in the 60s, teaches traditional Kung Fu, but it also teaches Boxing, Judo, Wrestling, Jiu Jitsu etc., so all Kung Fu is not the same. Probably not great if you want to do MMA, but maybe a good way to expose yourself to various martial arts and pick a couple to specialize in.
People often think of Catch Wrestling backwards from how things developed. It's not wrestling with submissions added in. Rather, collegiate/folkstyle, and freestyle etc. are wrestling with the submissions removed. Wrestling had submissions from the beginning, then they were later taken out.
All these on the bottom line that never get discussed. Waste of time, another thumbs down.
muay thai is best
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I think that effectiveness of martial arts depends on the historical period in wich they developed and the resulting set of rules
This comment is for giving my personal point of View to all those guys that are comparing judo vs BJJ
my first contact with martial arts was with judo, i was born as a judoka 😊
after i tried Bjj when i was 30 years old and now i m a BJJ purple belt, i m 36 today 😅 and still inside amateur competition
From my point of view Judo is where the idea is born, BJJ and especially the no-gi side of this martial art is something that is currently in continuous development
Look at the MMA for example and at the great contribuition in terms of popularity that it has given to this sport
Judo is entangled in a strict set of rules wich emphasizes projection and control of the opponent
For sure that there are submission in judo but is not where the focus of modern judo is
The focus is all around the “Ippon” , so kimono grip and very penalized fight on the ground
As i said before different set of rules
BJJ or grappling competition have less restrictive rules
The focus is around submission
The “Ippon” part there is but is less important because is where the real fight begins and “the game opens”
Let’s think to all that attacks focused on legs so popular on modern grappling Heel hook for example, the way to get in or the way to get out from one of this position
In Judo is totally missing
This is only my personal idea
Love them both and respect them both
And we should always consider the type of athlete behind both 😊
I do shotokan karate it is a really good base for movement and strikes
I would put Kung Fu and not Wing Chun in the ranking as an option
Ignoring combat sambo, which is hands down the best martial art for MMA, but mentioning "Systema" which nobody takes seriously (including in Russia) – ummm… dude your russophobia did you dirty XD
Muay Thai very good.
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https://youtu.be/BmV6y_4zebM?si=eRp8wEEWtW5nN_tP
Zumba?
It’s so crazy how many dudes in the comments saying, “I could take her”. No 💩 mates! This is a 110 lb female which means most dudes would have 50-150lbs on her. Not to mention the fact that men are biologically stronger than women. Also she’s a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, which is cool but on its own isn’t the most effective martial art. Mids at best.
F Aikido 🙂
The way of harmonious spirit. Aikido is about giving a power to defeat anyone but also to not abuse it, don't mistake the one who doesn't use power with the one who don't have a power… Aikido could be even S tier if you have a trusted sensei that will teach you everything.
Im a bit confused. Why havent you shown every martial art by Natan? There were some left…?
Boxing and wrestling is the absolute basics of mma, feel like they deserve higher on the list…
I was prepared to disagree…. and then I didn't. He changed karate at the very end.
My only "kind of" disagreement was Jeet Kun Do, which he touched on. The philosophy of Bruce is what has lead to MMA. Anyone teaching JKD like it's some kind of martial art should just be laughed at, because it's not.
You learn karate, boxing, wrestling, BJJ, and whatever other styles you want. Then you apply the principles of JKD to that, making it YOUR style. It is what works for you, and you only figure that part out by actually doing it and experimenting.
Very good video. I like that guy 🙂
Sticks are like fencing… if you try to counter-attack an initiated attack directly, you will obviously lose unless you are just 3x faster than the person (which you aren't). You have to "play the blade" first and then counter-attack. A pardonable oversight considering he doesn't train with weapons. A Filippino expert will fuck you up with a stick as surely as a fencer would beat you in a duel.
Also, I would argue, having been around in the time, that much of the Krav Maga started from, stemmed from Ninjitsu. We trained people all over the world and many ABC organizations, especially the Israelis, because they didn't give a fk about your feelings or legalities. They were simply looking for the fastest and deadliest techniques that a modern soldier could use with their modern gear. The Israelis, French, and Germans were some of our best students. Years later, the USA started looking into it, but because of our snowflake mentality and legal systems, they couldn't continue openly. It was considered "too dirty, too deadly" for its time. That's also the time when all personal defense weapons started to become illegal. For exactly the same reasons 🤔 nearly all Ninjitsu weapons are still felonies in the USA, especially in places like California.
So many masters of bullshyt and so few have the experience needed to make such claims. Take Ninjitsu for example… if you go back to when it was first introduced to the USA, you would know that training in multiple arts was taboo and you would be ridiculed. Ninjitsu, is in part numerous arts combined and i would argue that it was formally the first MMA. There's a strange bias against Ninjitsu with some very good reasons i won't get into here & now. If you studied early Ninjitsu you would have noticed that everyone talking shyt about it secretly adopted many of its techniques but refused to give credit where credit is due. Another thing you saw commonly was many MA schools would falsely claim to have studied Ninjitsu and teach it. I witnessed this all throughout the 70s, 80's and 90's. So yes, there's tons of BS out there but if you were of the right mind and were trained by the same in Japan, you would know just how awesome it truly can be. I'm no master but have trained in it. It has absolutely saved my life hundreds of times from homeless fights, to bar fights, with and without weapons used against me. 30+ years security and it has been my savior time and time again. Full breakdown of it not possible here, and i absolutely do advocate for studying other arts simply so you have knowledge of all body mechanics.
Krav Maga = rebranded Defendu
I wish he told sth about Sambo, since there were/are a lot champions of this sport achieving belts in leading MMA promotions.
It really hasn’t got much to do with the discipline or the art itself but rather individuals. If you think that practicing whatever discipline is going to make you a good fighter is a bit delusional. Good fighter is forged in battle but first he has to have the fight sense in him or her. Just like not everybody can be an artist not everybody can be a fighter. If you wanna be well versed and sorta capable I’d say practice some Muay Thai, Freestyle wrestling and maybe Judo or Boxing that’s what is probably gonna turn you into an okay fighter and the least you will be equipped with skills to fight outside of rings and cages. I know guys like to get very nerdy about this art beats this art and so on but what it really is this Individual beats this Individual. However please exclude stupid shit like pseudo martial arts.
Taekwondo and Judo are Olympic sports so while not the best for MMA they are much safer for the general population. I do love how MMA has shown what works and what doesn’t although it still has rules too so not the same as on the street.
Boxing should be S
wow he put MMA at S but not jujitsu ?
Kudo should at least be A
closest martial art to MMA
Natan Levy sucks, jews can't fight.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
BJJ is OVERRATED nonsense
Fun fact: there’s certain fictional martial arts that can be overhauled to real world styles. One example being Nico-style from Kengan Ashura being a combination of Karate, Muay Thai, Jiujitsu, and Aikido
how good is judo actually in a street fight? i just started judo, 3 months ago and i’m trying to see how good it would be in a street fight
Kyokushin has no face punches? what a joke sure they don't apply it in sparring but they practise head punches all of the time
I wonder where would Baji Quan land. 🤔
Real martial arts use guns
The best martial arts is the one that let you used and flow from different techniques from multiple arts.
BJJ over Judo? Levy must be on some mad jokes in my eyes
Sambo will f any one up, take Habib for example. To get tough however, you need a strong mentality which kyokushin provides you with. Osu!
jew jitsu t-shirt was funny af. I think i will be fan of this guy
Judo better as Jiu Jitsu 😂
I think you should have split the list of what you can use in the ring and what you can't. For the
example JKD is under capoeira? On the street you're much more effective with something like JKD, but in the ring you're just not allowed to use certain techniques. But Krav Maga is so high on the list again? Somehow this list just doesn't follow any structure.