For those who think that all Martial Arts Styles are equal, can you answer?10 points for clear + helpful answe?

Sorry if I sounded too provocative; rest assured that I am trying to ask a genuine question.





Firstly, watch this clip from a famous movie called ';Snake In the Eagle's Shadow';


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caLoBrSJLCY





Let's presume that two people of EQUAL skill and strength faced each other. Answer me this question: how can the snake syle be equal to the eagle claw? What are the moves in the snake style that can counter the advantages of the eagle claw?





In short, how do I, using ONLY the Snake Style, ';survive'; the Eagle Claw user? :)For those who think that all Martial Arts Styles are equal, can you answer?10 points for clear + helpful answe?
Snake style, Eagles Claw, Tiger, Monkey etc. etc... are all but titles they have used for their techniques. You cannot compare them to the actual animal because it is no sense of doing so. It all depends on the person executing the techniques.


Even if the style is duck and the other is Tiger does not necessarily mean the duck will die without a doubt. The one claiming the tiger may be not so good or the guy claiming duck may have been in Kung Fu training for years and he has a lot of effective techniques that can cripple the Tiger or any other style.


Don't be deceived by the title it is all but the actual blows and techniques of the fighter.For those who think that all Martial Arts Styles are equal, can you answer?10 points for clear + helpful answe?
You would survive by training harder than he did...





There is no better style… Each style is different and though some styles are worthless because they are not practical there is no best style… Styles like Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu are very good at grappling, styles like Shotokan is very good at striking and Tae Kwon Do is excellent at kicking… But still there is not a style that is best… If one person is a 5th degree black belt in one style and another is a 5th degree black belt in another style and they got into a fight the winner would win because of the individual, not because they know a “better” style…





There’s no perfect style and no perfect martial artists…
your comparing apples to oranges.





each person is going to prefer one over the other for various reasons, secondly you cant compare styles from an old kung fu movie, to begin with the move was bs. and has a lot of bs moves.





each style is unique and has its own advantages and disadvantages. other wise they would not have been around for hundreds if not thousands of years. many styles have died out and for many reasons, so of which were because they were not that good. others because of the linage and so-forth.
Sorry, bro, but I'm not going to watch the video. Most Kung Fu is dated and not very practical. There are some very useful principles to learn from it, but purposefully adhering to any one style is going to gimp your abilities. This is what Bruce Lee was trying to make a point of. He was traditionally trained in Kung Fu but realized the short-comings of stylized fighting after a few real fights.
In every style of martial arts, they have their ways and method to do countering, striking, grappling and other techniques. snake styles got their unique techniques and so the eagle claw style. Ultimately, it is how the user use the techniques to counter the moves that the opponent are using.
Kung fu movies are just about as good an argument as any in the eternal battle of the styles.





The whole thing is based on a misconception. The basic misconception is that everybody is into martial arts for the same reasons, that they all wish to attain the same goals, and that a given martial art will do the same thing for everyone practising it.





If you're discussing it from an MMA point of view, that's fine. But you're discussing a very precise sport application.


Why don't they teach MMA in women's self defence? Because that's a very different application. Of course she doesn't want to go to the ground with her attacker. That would be nuts.


When they teach martial arts to police officer, they tend to focus more on restraining techinques and, for legal reasons, keep the more harmful stuff to a minimum, on a ';if absolutely necessary basis';. (Besides, they've got weapons for these situations)


Other people still practise Zen archery today. That's also a sport application, but it also really underlies the word art in martial arts and it's a whole system of personal and spiritual development.





The fact is there is no one size fits all martial art. Not to mention different people have different needs. I wouldn't recommend Sumo wrestling to a 95 pound man.





Etc...Etc...





Whenever people say what's the best martial art, I always have to ask: Better for what?
Put simply, if they are equal in all aspects then the winner will be whoever gets the lucky finisher first. While the techniques or strategies may be different, they wouldn't exist as contemporaries if one was clearly superior. Who would spend time learning style A when style B taught down the street guarantees you victory against A?





People are never ';equal'; and should such an event happen it will really come down to luck, that's all that's left that could determine the winner between two equal parties.





Your question is like asking ';if I flip a coin, how can the tails side win when heads is clearly lighter and less likely to land face down.'; Your question imposes a perceived flaw, what do you have to back your opinion on besides a scripted movie?