Martial arts often has a competitive side and to build a skill in a martial art, it's often helpful to compete. No they don't transfer over to real world violence on a 1:1 basis, but much like a lot of the tactical shooting world had taken notes from USPSA, IDPA, Bullseye, precision rifle, F class competition and 3 gun, the world of martial arts carries over to real violence in some way as well I'd wager.
With that in mind, I'm interested in knowing the favorite competitive rule set of martial arts. For striking, grappling and both.
For striking, do you like stuff that's based in Queensbury rules like Boxing, kickboxing etc, or do you prefer older school rules like Muay Thai, Lethwei or London Prize Ring rules?
For grappling are you more interested in wrestling for score? Greco or freestyle or folk style or Judo? Do you like the takedowns, reversals, scrambles and short rounds, or are you interested in submission grappling rulesets like IBJJF, ADCC, EBI, or no time limit sub only?
For mixed rules...do you prefer scoring on a 10 point must system? The guy who banks the most rounds wins? Or do you prefer the contest be scored as a whole? Do you like soccer kicks or knees to the head of a downed opponent or do you find that barbaric? Or do you like some other mixed rule set like Combat Sambo or Kudo?
Asking what your favorite martial art is not productive. How you like to see the martial art applied is more interesting.
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