Muay Thai, the science of 8 limbs. (alright.. ill admit.. i am bias..) Every move is meant to afflict damage and control your opponent by using the most effective forms of movements.. it's a standing fighting form, which doesn't do so well if it's put against Brazillian Jiu Jitsu (okay, so maybe BJJ is more "deadly", but muay thai vs other standing arts is far more superior) BJJ involves ground fighting and standing, where there are a lot more submission moves and take downs, MT involves taking your opponent down as fast as you can through quick attacks like elbows and knees. The problem with Muay thai is that it takes a heavy toll on your body if you ever plan to be any good, and to be honest.. ALL MARTIAL ARTS.. is deadly, french boxing, capoeira, tae kwan do, ninjitsu, western boxing, judo, wingchun, jeet kun do, wushu, systema, even tai chi.. whatever your choice in martial art is.. all of it can be dangerous (or USED to be).. there just isn't enough devotion now in the world for people to become masters in the arts.. there are legends in all forms of combat, so there is no one Better then the other, in the end, its all on you.. how bad do you want to win? how bad do you want to live? if you had to fight, who has more heart?

All Martial Arts that have been tested in real life and death situations are equally deadly. Generally speaking, the simpler the martial art, the more effective it is. The fact of the matter is, that in real combat, you will rely on the simplest of techniques, as those will have been burned into muscle memory the most. They are also the fastest by virtue of that same simplicity. Never use two or three moves where one will suffice. For instance, I study swordsmanship, and I can say with a fair amount of confidence that a real swordfight is over in a few seconds. There is no time for fancy moves in such a circumstance.

what is the most deadly gun? the most deadly weapon? this question evades the real issue like others have already stated. when in a hostile situation...a combination of calmness and commitment to action is absolutely integral to reach the point where your knowledge of a martial discipline manifests itself in deadly force. i see this exhibited daily when i spar. in addition, there is a killer instinct that is related to that commitment to action portion of fighting that can often serve as the deciding factor in a fight. simply put...it doesn't come down to skill sometimes, but who wants it more.

martial farts can be deadly too.

There is a saying in the martial arts: There is no better defense than 10 feet and a 9 millimeter.

Simple heavy dynamic blows from any martial art can be very deadly. I was tought that to hit harder, you have to ain for the back from the front, example, you visualise your fist coming out of the back of the head when hitting the face etc...

i personally think that it all depends on the user.A clever user can use even a simple technique to get out of a tricky situation.But to answer the question i would say that muay thai is the most deadliest martial art.Years of training in this martial art style can turn a person into a lethal weapon.One s punches and kicks become stronger than an average human s.But i should say that reaching that level takes a lot of time. In terms of practicality i would suggest Krav maga.it s more sensible for the common people to learn this fighting style unless you are planning to joining the special forces.This techniques teaches one how handle sudden grabs and surprise attacks.More suitable for children and women to defend themselves against sexual predators or the perverts one might meet in day to day life.

Knowledge is the most deadliest weapon, for Martial Arts try, Korean Hopkido or Malaysia'n Silato.

I studied several types of styles. I've seen many of these styles put to test against others with and without a "ref". Watching beginners in one style beat instructors of another I feel that its not which art is more deadly but which person wants it more. Its whats in you that decides if you walk or crawl away the winner or loser. But if you need to see an answer thats a style -- its the "art of deception" that is the most deadly!!

A warrior's greatest weapon is and will always be WISDOM, therefore we should keep our minds even sharper than we keep our swords. Most martial arts are developped from actual warfare or actual assassinations, and are therefore almost all equally deadly. Some martial arts have had more peacefull religious or healer influence and will attempt to only stop violence without killing, some martial arts are only sporting games, but most martial arts come from WAR and are designed to kill ... therefore, it is not so much the art that is more or less deadly as it is the artist, and their intentions.

Martial law. you do not do as we say we will shoot you.

Judo, because judo know if I got a gun, judo know if I got a knife...

San Soo the art of war. They don't do competitions because the moves you do is to take a person down as quick as you can. I was in a class with one of the teachers that was taught by Jimmy H. Woo. Here is a video of my brother in law.

there are different kinds of martial arts such striking, groung fighting, takedowns, submission and weapons. to say that one matial art is the most deadly would be hard because not many martial arts have all of these. when it comes to striking the best in this area would be muay thai or savate. these martial arts have a lot of history and are known for being deadly. ground fighty, the martial arts in this area would be brazilian jujitsu or submission wrestling, these have great success in things such as the UFC. for takedowns the most deadly would be judo it is used in organisations such as the military or the police force. this martial arts have a great effectiveness for self-denfense. when it comes to submission the most deadly would be tradional jujitsu or pankration. pratitioners which practice these martial arts have a gerat deal of knowledge to make people submit. for weapons the best and most deadly that i can think of would be kali or kendo stick fighting. there is large amount of training with weapons in both martial arts but kali is by far a more deadly martial art with techniques created to kill with one strike. in my own oppinion i would say for the most deadly would be tradional jujitsu, my reason for this is because it covers all the areas i said at the top. tradional jujitsu is one of the most complete martial arts in the world by far. its history goes back 2000 years and has helped in creating some of the most popular martial arts in the world such as karate, savate, BJJ, aikido, judo and kendo stick fighting. making this a well rounded martial art and very deadly in alot of areas.

Dim Mak without question

i'd personally say that the most effective hand-to-hand form of martial arts would have to be anything with yubijutsu (using your hands to attack an opponent's weak points rather than punching and kicking to break bones). in other words harming the opponent internally instead of harming them externally.

What is martial arts? I'ts about fighting.. What is fighting? I'ts about destroying your enemy physically... How do we destroy our enemy physically? By using force... there are only 3 important skill one needs to cripple your enemy physically.. SPEED, STRENGTH, HARDNESS... the technique whatever martial art it maybe doesnt really matter... To knock down a wall we usually use a sledge hammer. A hammer consists of "speed", which is performed by the person.. "hardness", because of the steel head of the hammer... "strength" because of the momentum of the swing... THAT'S IT!!!! the so called techniques or styles invented by other martial artist's are just their way of impressing onlookers and getting attention from girls who doesn't want to go out on a date with them... MARTIAL ARTS IS AN ART!! IT MUST BE AN EXPRESSION OF ONE'S SELF. When great artist like Davinci, Picasso create their masterpiece "nobody tell's them what to paint for art is an expression of one's self... When you study, aikido. Then you practice techniqes invented by japanese, taekwondo by the korean's and etc... Now if those japanese, koreans, chinese could invent a style.. "then why can't you!!!!" When inventing your own style however, there are factors that need to be included imperitavely.. It must be FAST!! and DIRECT TO THE POINT!!. Without any fancy and flowery movement's like those you watch in martial arts films,.. These movements are just done by unattractive men wanting the attention of girls... If these arrogant black belters that you see practicing in dojo's are really as good as they claim to be, then why don't they go out and capture those terrorist like osama binladen and all those fanatics out there, the drug lords, crime syndicates, the mafia.. "BUT NOOOO!!!! ALL THESE BLACK BELTERS DO EVERYDAY IS WAKE UP, GO TO WORK IN THE OFFICE, THEN AFTER OFFICE HOUR'S GO TO THE DOJO WEARING THEIR BLACKBELT AND TRYING TO IMPRESS THOSE PEOPLE PASSING BY IN FRONT OF THEIR DOJO." Which is all that there is to their skill.. BLACK BELTS MEAN NOTHING, IT'S JUST A CERTIFICATE, unless you could really do it, that is defend yourself successfuly in a fight, that belt means nothing, it's just a garment to hold your pants up, and that's about it.... "THE BOTTOM LINE IS: We have 2 hands and 2 legs, how do we use this then to defend ourselves against an attacker in the street. Martial arts is an "ART' and your hands and legs are your brush and paint. "ART IS THE EXPRESSION OF YOURSELF, SHOW WHO YOU REALLY ARE BY THE ART YOU CREATE." For it is not the style that counts, but how hard you train at it..

jeet kune do....be like a mirror , respond like an echo...do with all your will, what is needed at the time..that is all

Sayoc Kali "The Art of the Blade".

Krav Maga Developped by the Isreali Special Forces to inflict maximum damage in the shortest time to neutralize the threat(s). Krav Maga has been branched in many other arts, but mostly Krav Maga is to teach their students how to defend yourself in "real life". For example: guy grabs you on the street and pulls a knife on you. You will learn to disarm him in a fraction of a second (if you do it right.). Or a gun threat, or multiple threats. This will teach you how to defend yourself in any street conflict or fight. It has saved my life more than once in New York...

Krav Maga Developped by the Isreali Special Forces to inflict maximum damage in the shortest time to neutralize the threat(s). Krav Maga has been branched in many other arts, but mostly Krav Maga is to teach their students how to defend yourself in "real life". For example: guy grabs you on the street and pulls a knife on you. You will learn to disarm him in a fraction of a second (if you do it right.). Or a gun threat, or multiple threats. This will teach you how to defend yourself in any street conflict or fight. It has saved my life more than once in New York...

There is really no martial art that is the most deadly. alot of Martial Arts are designed for sport and competition such as Tai Kwan Do and Karate. The style I do is Wing Chung Kung Fu, which has proved to have a much better effect. It is designed for self defense, and relies on physics, not strength or speed. Example: When punching, you can be very stiff and maybe hurt someone, but you knock yourself backwards, and it deosn't provide the fullest effect. When relaxed, you drive your fist through (with no effort at all) it causes vibration of the internal organs, and can cause SEVERE internal damage. We punch using the tricep, not the bicep. Another example: if you punch someone in the left side like this, they will mose likely have a bad bruise on the other side!!! The organs slosh around and hit eachother. That's why people throw up when they are ounched in the stomach like this!!! There are many styles of martial arts, and alot prove to be better than others. But it's always up to you when you want to start martial arts. I hope this helped and I hope you enjoy learning martial arts!

Ask a ninja...

Its not the art, its the artist.

i'd have to say if you combined jeet kune do, muay thai , and ju jitsu it would pretty much be flawless depending on the practitioner. But out of all the existing styles muay thai would definately take the taco and i'm not talking about modernized muay thai that half been dulled down because now days people think that limb breaking, eye poking , and groin shots are cheap. i'm talking about the ancient muay thai that was used centuries ago. before warriors restricted themselves by these rules made for sportsmanship and fairness when in all actuallity there is no such thing it's either you or the person in front of you.

All arts and styles of fighting are worthy of respect, as well of course the exponents that learn and practice them. You have many styles of fighting, including grappling (perhaps the oldest) which could be divided into western and eastern arts of wrestling and arts such as judo and jui-jitsu, then striking arts, again divided into east and west with boxing (Queensbury rules) and martial arts such as Karate, Taw Kwon Do, Kung Fu and Muay Thai. Some of these styles traditional incorporate both wrestling and grappling, most notably Jui-Jitsu and others have developed hybrid styles of the two distinct styles over time. The fact is to be a very good fighter, you have to be a well rounded jack of all trades...it is no good to just be an awesome striker who has no idea how to handle himself on the ground, as you are limited with using strikes whilst on your back, and vice versa, you have to be able to strike, if you can't immediately take the preferred option of getting your opponent on the ground. A discipline such as Jui-Jitsu for example satifies this issue. Some martial arts may have questionable practicality, such as Tae Kwon Do..a great martial art in terms of fitness, technique for kicking, flexibility and coordination and balance, however, unless you are very very good and well rounded, you may find it restrictive in certain circumstances..it doesn't tend to teach you much on the ground..and if your main weapons (legs) are restricted for use (ie being in a packed crowd), you become limited... I firmly believe that you can teach a human being any style of fighting, but it comes down to the fighter himself as to whether he has the presence of mind, the plain heart required aggression and being able to control and harness the biological effects of an adrenalin rush, as to whether he can properly use his training when it counts...you have to be a fighter and warrior at heart (regardless of the training)..so often I have seen people without some or all of these attributes in training. How many times have you heard of a trained martial artist getting whooped, even by someone un-trained - many times!! As for which is the deadliest - well, all arts can be deadly when the techniques are applied properly and with the right kind of person employing the techniques, but let's face it; some styles are too rule bound and you pull your punches too much etc for it to be realistically deadly. Simply, many styles are a sport and the idea is not to maim or kill your opponent. So, for the main part and these for these reasons, practitioners who do arts such as Tae Kwon Do, Judo and Karate would tend not to be the deadly stylist who would finish fights in a second or two with a mortal blow of choke hold. Simply, you fight how YOU TRAIN!! If your mind is governed by rules and a code of ethics in a style and pull punches and kicks during training - you can't reasonably expect to fight deadly - as during a critical incident, you only react by instincts!! In saying this though, I am sure that there are traditional stylists of these arts who would be an exception. The real deadly arts of fighting, are likely restricted, for obvious reasons. You don't really see much of it from the sport point of view, but with sports such as MMA and UFC, you see glimpses of it - with less rigid rules in place to protect the practitioners - that is the closest you will see to the real deadly arts in play - at least in sport. The real deadly arts are distinct from sport and mainstream martial arts - because the techniques are not governed by any rules or protocols - they are simply employed as a means overcoming an enemy to survive OR be maimed or killed. The idea is to finish your opponent as quickly as possible, drawing the minimum of attention, with as little risk to yourself and done so with complete and cold brutality. This is the real deadly arts. Not to stand there and trade punches and kicks with someone for any length of time or to engage in a complex grappling contest - No - you are there to take him out, any way you can...with techniques which would be banned, not for public use and would have no place in sport...such as eye gauges, poking your fingers deep inside someones eyes, biting, trying to break your opponents knees, striking your opponent hard at the neck or applying a restrictive choke which would cut off air supply, applying various pressure points and never attacks, throwing your opponent in some manner to the ground and kicking his head in, kicking, grabbing and sqeezing and pulling the genetals of your opponent hard, sticking your finger inside your opponents mouth or nostril and trying to rip his face off, kicking underneath the chin of your standing oppenent and applying hard and precisely aimed strikes to the organs of your opponent....all with the intent of killing or maiming your opponent!! These as stated are dirty or black styles of fighting and in the main are not taught to main stream civilians, as they generally don't have the need to know it, it is too violent and of course people may tend to abuse this training with tragic consequences. Who are taught these deadly techniques then and why?? Well, it must be noted that there are a good many martial artists around the world who would know some or all such stated techniques, but in the main they would tend to be very experienced and traditonal practitioners..which leaves the only group who would have any proper need for such training - the military!! When I say the military, I mean select members of the military, being Special Forces..they after all are trained (as one of their principal roles) to close with and kill the enemy during a given task...sometimes doing so whilst armed, may not be practical (the need for silence) and possible (they may have dropped their weapon or being disarmed)...aside from silent weapons such as knives, throwing knives, garrottes or even bow and arrows/cross bows - they must be able to perform this grim task when required, with nothing more than their hands and feet...simple fact of life for a SF soldier - you are likely to find yourself in a kill or be killed situation if deployed in actual combat. Therefore, you MUST be trained for all possibilities!! The techniques that Special Forces soldiers such as the SAS, DELTA, SEALS are taught are drawn from many styles of Martial Arts, but most notably those that use combinations of grappling and striking skills...they must be taught the basics and become proficient in the basics of fighting skills (the same as civilian martial artists are), in terms of how to grapple, take someone down with a throw or leg sweep, disarm an opponent, how to punch properly and where to punch, how to kick someone and where to kick them (most notably the groin, knee areas), how to have proper balance and coordination, how to fall properly etc etc...they do not tend to be taught fancy flying kicks and how to smash 40 bricks with one punch or kick, as this is totally impratical and best left to martial artists...as they are usually wearing alot of kit, are more than likely extremely tired and simply don't have the time it takes to perfect such techniques...and let's face it, when it comes to do and die - these techniques under the circumstances would be much too risky to execute!! No, they are taught all of the basics well, until it becomes muscle memory and then they are gradually taught the black arts!! So often these techniques are quite simple - although absolutely brutal, by necessity! When a man hasn't slept or eaten for days and is stressed and weighed down with kit, or maybe persued by the enemy, he doesn't have the time and energy to engage an enemy in do or die with stances and technical kicks and grapples etc - he just has to kill him (any way he can) my necessity so that he can literally survive!! This is about the deadly arts, with guys trained to do this with the old, black and taboo arts (some very old, as old as martial arts) and some developed over time...simple, effective and plain deadly..must be instictive and the man having these skills MUST have the required presence of mind, fitness, strength, aggression and mind set to carry them out, if required!! Being Special Forces - they can only have these attributes, or they won't be selected!! So, in conclusion - many Special forces soldiers may not be trained to the highest standard in conventional arts..although would all be at least competent in such. and MAY well get schooled in put into a ring with a boxer or UFC fighter or wrestler...(although some are trained to a very good standard and would no doubt hold their own)...BUT, I know more often than not who I would put my money on in a real, no holds barred, do or die fight between a well trained Special Forces soldier and the former...no prizes for quessing!!