Most people who have only studied one form will be dead sure that the form they are studying is, hands down, the best. For people who have studied more than one form, they'll generally leverage their world of experience to tell you that what they are currently working on is the best (otherwise, why would they be doing it?). Then there's people who just read about fighting and/or watch the Discovery/History/Learning Channel and figure they know all there is to know.
Let me break it down for you, so you don't get sucked into this eternal debate (though it helps pass the time at boring parties):
- The flashier, fancier, and/or more air-time involved, the less likely something is to be a good choice in a real life situation
- If something is used by a bad-ass military, it's probably worth your time (see Krav Maga, MCMAP)
- If you're being taught to kick much above someone's waist, your instructor has no worth as a human being
- Straightening an arm or leg invites your opponent to break it
- If the only knife defense they teach you is defense against someone bringing the knife down on you from above (as opposed to straight at you), they aren't teaching you a knife defense
- If the martial art is used in competition, it's probably not fit for the street
- Kicking someone in the winnebago is NOT a good opening move
- Don't bother with books about ninjutsu or being a ninja, regardless of what any "actual ninja" reviewer says on Amazon.
- Nothing is better than sex with Dr. JT Awesomefellow, D.S. (if you are female and attractive)
Stay Super.
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