Grappling arts like BJJ will be a little out of their depth in this situation, no matter how effective the UFC makes them look (minus 1 point to MMA). This allows the weakest coward to act like a big tough guy because he knows that he's got people watching his back. That is because we humans tend to subscribe to the idea of the Pack Mentality, safety in numbers. Let's talk about the street for a second before we continue, how many times have you seen a street fight that was 1 on 1? Not very often I bet. If you practice BJJ you'llWar spend most of the time on the floor in a ground fight, not the best place to be in a street fight. However you have to remember that one art may not be the best on it's own. Now there are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of Martial Arts out in the world today so for most of us we'll have a choice of what style we want to take up. However just because one art fits into one category doesn't mean that it doesn't fit in any others. Also if we have a little time why we should avoid the MMA fad.įirstly lets look at the different types of Martial Arts such striking, grappling, internal, and weapon based. However this is not a story of my journey in any form of Martial Art, that is for another day, it is about why people should start looking at getting onto a traditional Martial Arts class. Recently earned my 1st Dan Black Belt after what could be considered a lifetime of trying to find the art for me. Later in life I would try Karate, Taekwondo, Aikido, Jujitsu, Judo, before settling down with Shotokan Karate. It seemed at the time a good way to get kids into martial arts and self-defence, however as I get older and look back at what they taught maybe wasn't necessarily the best but it could be considered my entry martial art.

The class was in community centre in Dunfermline.

I was about 10 years old when I started my first Martial Arts class, it was Spirit Combat International Aikijutsu. In modern times where there are different schools the world over the hardest thing about martial arts is the question 'Which art do I choose?'

Steeped in mysterious, and sometimes just misunderstood, history these arts can benefit people in various ways, from Self-defence to better health. Martial Arts are widely known across the world from Aikido to Yaw-Yan.

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