No one is saying martial arts is aggressive but the fact is martial arts was first invented for the purpose of self-defense.Talking about challenging every martial art expert is something I 'd be willing to do since I'm a Muay Thai fighter.
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Martial art is not aggressive its the person who possesses such skill that will make martial art aggressive. That is why many martial arts comes with the teaching to pratictioner to be humble & to use the skill only as a last resort.
Well, to make the story short & for you to get your answer & satisfaction as far as the superiority of muay thai, then go & participate in san shou, ultimate fighting & mix martial art tournament. There is nothing more that can be said here.
The superiority of a martial art style will largely depend on the individual training, skill & dedication. One day it maybe a muay thai boxer that reing supreme & on other days it would be a kung fu fighter or a shootfighter, a jujitsu, a wrestler or a judoka. But this doesn`t mean one style was superior over the other becuase the reigning champion happened to be of that particular style but rather it so happen that the athletle is more superior then the other.
In fact 25 yrs ago, I had this urge to test my kung fu skill specially at that time kung fu has a bad rep, just like you they laugh at kung fu. So I participated in this national tournament, its a mix martial art. Rules are 3 round 2 min/ea round. High kicking are allowed any sort of kick ok, knees & elbows only to the body, takedowns, wrestling moves are allowed & a player is allowed to make a follow up attack within 3 seconds when the opponent is down. Body armored, boxing gloves no head gear. And proudly I was able to win the championship after fighting with different type of fighters there were karatekas, tae kwan do, boxers, kick boxers & wrestler. This tournament was rated for non professional fighters but many participant have extensive fighting expereince not in the professional sense but in tournament participation.
And I won after defeating 12 fighters of different style & I won not because my style was superior then theirs, but it so happened I was more prepared than them. I spend a yr studying & watching videos of that tournament analysing the kind of fighters that are there & what moves they usually execute before I sign up to go up against them. One thing I was able to prove to myself was that Ngo Cho Kun kung fu is a good kung fu martial art.
After winning that national championship I was send to Guandong China with other champions, that was early 80`s to participate in the First San Shou invitational International tournament. This time I didn`t have any information what this san shou is about or how good or strong those chinese fighters were. In fact my information was base on misconception that communist China don`t allow sparring tournaments & that chinese fighters have no good expereince. How wrong we were, I tasted my first defeat & without shame to a very superior chinese fighter who is a KUNG FU FIGHTER.
And if we are talking about self defense, martial art is slowly becoming irrelevant because of the presence of guns & the improvement of law enforcements. Many martial art participants in the west specially those under the age of 25`s train with one purpose in mind & that is to fight not for self defense. In the east its about culture & tradition as well as that special privelage to learn & possess such skill.
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