How effective is martial arts in a real street fight??

after watching UFC,MMA...i dont really believe much in martial art..in the UFC there is still rules...how about in the streets?there no refree,no rules...dirty tactics involve in a fight

How effective is martial arts in a real street fight??
It ultimately depends on what martial art you are talking about. As the other guy mentioned, some martial arts have been invented to counter different organizations or different styles at different points in history, which might render these particular styles innefective in todays street situations.


The truth is that there are many fake *** artists out there today and this probably makes up for about 75% of "martial artists" today. Some arts are mostly meant for demonstration and if you find yourself trying to apply your demonstration technique in a life or death street situation, you might find yourself dead pretty fast.


One of the things a REAL art will provide is incredibly strong concentration and it will help you to keep your cool in a deadly situation. Strong phsycology and negotion skills can give you a serious advantage over your average thug, thus opening the gaps, and letting you get inside to drop a bomb. I dont recommend trying it like they do in the movies and attempting to dodge bullets; you need to be practical. The best way to dodge a bullet is to not even be in the situation in the first place. Be intuitive and you need to develop neurologically and keep your senses sharp as a razor blade. Mental techniques like this help you pick apart certain situations and completely avoid them all together, like a ninja.


As far as efficiency goes? You need to use the given situation as your technique. Theres absolutely nothing pre-determined in a fighting situation, regardless of what your phony instructor might tell you. You need to understand the evolution of martial art and that it does involve more weapons than it did during times when the art may have been invented. Shotokan Karate was invented by the Japanese simply because they didnt have any weapons, and they needed to turn their bodies into lethal instruments.


Some say that if you are 1 guy that destroys 6 thugs on the street, that you are "lucky". For the average phony martial artist, that might be true. But for a master mind that doesnt even need the title of "master" to begin with, he may have it all calculated from the beginning.


Is martial art effective on the street? Its extremely effective, provided that you know a REAL art. The mixed martial artists in the UFC are not necessarily real Martial Artists. Most of them are only interested in destroying others for their own satisfaction. During their game, in the cage, they have the advantage. Obviously they can apply what they know to a real fight. But on the streets, a complete fighter always has the advantage.


What is a complete fighter? Think of the evolution of combat without limit. No boundaries. Wouldnt this involve weapons?
Reply:Didn't you want a real answer this blokes answer is good but it is totally wrong Report It

Reply:not 2 good
Reply:yes it is very effective last week i wasted this guy in the street cuz he was mugging me
Reply:I'M A BROWN BELT IN KARATE ..SO THE EFFECT I WOULD HAVE STREET FIGHTING YOU IS I WOULD KICK YOUR @RSE
Reply:It depends on the style. Some martial arts were used for countering brutality that existed in unorganized fighting styles. Yet normally, a guy who knows nothing of martial arts, but packs heat, a knife, or something else as a weapon typicaly has the advanatage. Otherwise, a good fist fighter could get the upperhand on a martial artist... All depends on the people.
Reply:iam no martial artist but i dont have to be i could lift them up and throw them across the street and last week i took over 100 punches to the arm and nothing happened and when i box i win never been in a real fight yes i have and won all of them.
Reply:it isn't.
Reply:Not worth a **** against an Astra A-75.
Reply:YES, I beleive that it should help, but movies are movies! You have to be extremely lucky to come out alive after fighting 3 big street guys. You should take defense classes on how to protect yourself. I beleive that should help more that anything else unless your a pro. And, as people before me said, street gangs usually kick and punch nd maybe you should learn that too, as well as defence. Stay Strong, and Good Luck!
Reply:Well you have a certain athletic potential which impacts the outcome of a fight. However for any given person training is only going to make you a better fighter. I guess what I'm going to say is just because you train in martial arts doesn't mean you will win all street fights but it certainly improves your odds.





As far as dirty fighting the MMA guys could do that in a real life or death fight so I don't understand the point.
Reply:It's for sure different from street fights, but I guess knowing martial arts with its rules is still better than knowing nothing %26amp; getting an a** kicked on the street :)
Reply:In chinese Martial art, learner need to start from foundation, inorder to build up your strenght, flexible, reaction and etc...


Thus, with martial art background, the punch will be much more lethal than people without in a real street fight.
Reply:yea, i think it all depends on the people fighting and if they're good at it or not.
Reply:The whole problem isht using the martial arts in a street fight is that most schools don't train for that, and the ones that do are derided boy the rest for being realistic. I have been in many fights, both in the street and as a specific target of attack and have found the skills to be most useful. But then, I was trained specifically for that kind of enviroment...and train my own students the same way.





You have to remember that people who train for UFC and the like DON'T train for real, practical usage, but for using their skills in the controlled environment of the ring.





That's what it come down to training...after all...you fight like you train because you train like you fight.
Reply:Traditional martial arts have survived because they work in real life. Please don't confuse sports with arts, they may look similar, but they are much different under the surface.
Reply:they are as effective as the person.





but more effective than panic.
Reply:Skills beat Strength and freestyle fighting(street fighting). If you are diciplined in a fighting style( a martial art) you are more likey to win a fight.
Reply:It depends on the style.
Reply:I think it's very very effective. In school, a guy messed with me and started throwing boxing punches at me. I was able to defend myself, as well as knocking that guy off balance by using Pushing Hand techniques of Tai Chi that my grandfather taught me (of course, I didn't hit him or harm him in anyway or I would get in trouble, I just simply used wrist control and pulled him to the floor)
Reply:Dude what do you think UFC, Pride, and Mixed Martial Arts in general is?!? (you might wanna sit down for this because it may just come as a shock to ya pal)





ding, ding, ding, Martial Arts for double jeopardy Mr. Trebek.





and I gotta agree with Kveldorgonlier, you're confusing a sport and I reiterate what he said the competitors are fighting "IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT" with rules and limitations, rather than just all out brawling. as opposed to a street fight where there're no rules at all, just how fast you can end the fight.





You do what you gotta do to come away from an encounter in the street, whether it's using dirty fighting, boxing or Martial Arts.





and as Saint said, knowin' somethin's better than not knowin what to do in the situation and going into a total panic where you're s**tin' your tighty whities because you don't know if you're gonna wind up a smear stain on the concrete or come away with a few bruises or slight injuries.





I know that I can't count the times that using my Martial Arts knowledge has saved my a**, against all kinds of people people twice my size and weight, faster, drunk, gacked out of their minds from drug use and so forth and so on.





It all comes back to knowin what you're doin when it comes down to protectin yourself, your family or friends. and that's what you train for so you don't have to think about it and do it because it's second nature.





it's not the Martial Arts discipline that makes the difference, or Martial Arts in general that causes the individual to lose whether it's in competiton (like UFC) or in a real fight. it's just because they either didn't know how to use the techniques they learned PROPERLY, or had a bad strategy against their opponent(s).
Reply:Martial arts are WERY effective in real combat but only if you are extremely good in that martial art and play that martial art for a very long time, than and only than you can do some thing with it. In any other situation is not effective.
Reply:It depends on the style you practice and the person/people you are defending yourself against. Practicing martial arts will make you fit, strong and improve your reaction speed etc although most of the techniques you learn doing martial arts will be useless in a street fight. Blocking and countering etc are a waste of time. If you get into a bad situation or feel threatened then hit first. Finish the fight in the first 3 seconds. If not, then there is no shame in running away.
Reply:I personaly think it's effective, but it depends on what school you go to, some Martial Art school don't to teach you anything while others teach you how to kick butt!
Reply:Well, I don't know, I haven't gotten into a fight in a really long time and I take Taekwondo. On the other hand, I've never lost a fight either. The thing you have to remember is to not try and use all of the pretty kicks and stuff that you learned. A Martial Art is an ART. It's not something that you just go out and beat someone up with, it's self defense. Even without it, you can be a good fighter. But, I've learned how to teach my body great reflexes and to watch my opponent instead of just jumping in and hitting them.





If you're on the street and someone is trying to fight you, no, don't start jumping up in the air and kicking at them, lol. You need to mix your art with basic fighting. If you just use the basic art, the there is going to be at least one way for the opponent to get around what you're doing and just knock you out cold.





So, basically, it's not the art it's how the person uses it. I can defend myself really well, even without Taekwondo, but I still enjoy taking it. It teaches you ways to break peoples bones. =) Lol.
Reply:Hahahaha your nearly as funny as me.of course martial arts is no good thats why so many people do it.thats why so many people have avoided death and injury defending themselves with it.no rules is right but just remember a lot of martial artists know a lot more stuff that they can apply the no rules rule to.and there usually much faster at using them.pretty sure my dojo wouldn't be the ony one whos no.1 rule is there are no rules.good martial artists dont get in street fights anyway you attack them they do what they have to do at the time,or some even use it in the ring.PS%26gt;weight divisions are also in a controlled atmosphere with rules and a referee to enforce them thats fighting not self defence.
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Reply:If you know how to control the situation, you can control he person, If they are just a street holigan, then you can move around them, and outsmart them, even if they can outpunch you. Its all in the head, If some 185 pound built guy approaches me and starts puncginh, I will try my best to step back, or even roll back, now he has to come to me, now I can kick him so hard in the knee that it will shatter, now who won the fight? I did, because I reacted quickly, dont let the big guy get to close, because his stregnth will overtake you.

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