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Originally Posted by King Of All Cosmos  I'm just wondering, has anyone ever heard of Bagua? It's not a widespread martial art and isn't taught in many places (5 places in the US maybe?). I'm fortunate enough to live nearby one and my friend trains there. On a pure fighting theory level, he claims it to be the most complete of martial arts (meaning that if you master it, the best fighting style). The idea behind "most complete" is that it includes the most effective way to deal with any situation. It's purpose is to kill/defeat the opponent and therefore it excludes any unrelated development areas that many other martial arts use.
It IS hard to prove that any martial art is the best and I'm not the one with the necessary knowledge to argue it. Still, on a technical level, the most humanely effective move in a given situation is the best move, right? |
I've practiced with a Bagua master before, and it's not uncommon for them to claim that Bagua is the ultimate art...but it's also not uncommon for every other martial arts master to say that
I'd say that the best martial arts move is the one that gets you home safe, whether it's punching someone's lights out or just avoiding that dark alley
