Expanding on Fugetsu
Just to further muddy the waters, how could you put someone like Rex Fairbairn (sorry about the spelling) or Floro Villabrille into the context? Need we have historical imperatives? Or people who codified training systems, much as Alexander the Great did for his armies? Or Shaka Zulu or Genghis Khan, both of whom devised unbeatable tactics? Or great Native American warriors/prophets/seers like Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse or even Geronimo? The problem seems to me not one of who is the top, but more of how we define martial artist. Dr Hatsumi (of Togakure Ninjutsu fame) once said a martial artist should be a musician, a poet, a cook...or something along those lines. You get my gist here. But I like the thread's possibilities. Just so long as one man has an opinion, another will choose to debate it. Surely during his time, David must have seemed the greatest for defeating the Goliath. Someone new will be here soon perhaps, and open our eyes again to new possibilities. Or not...
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