The question is what style of martial art do you like the least? It doesn’t have to be a Chinese martial art. It can be a Korean, Japanese, Okinawan or even Brazilian.
My least favorite is French Savate. IMO it is impractical because of all the high kicks it uses. It just doesn’t impress me from what I have seen of this style.
[QUOTE=mkriii;876841]The question is what style of martial art do you like the least? It doesn’t have to be a Chinese martial art. It can be a Korean, Japanese, Okinawan or even Brazilian.
My least favorite is French Savate. IMO it is impractical because of all the high kicks it uses. It just doesn’t impress me from what I have seen of this style.[/QUOTE]
Tae Bo isn’t a martial art…it’s an exercise program based on kickboxing drills, a martial art aerobic exercise. It was never meant as a self defense but we’ll let you say that it’s your least favorite m.a.
I like Tae Bo; it’s much more amusing than pilates… And pilates isn’t a martial art either.
Mkriii - it’s easy for GA to dislike someone else’s style, especially the real one’s that don’t have Dhali Lhama or budist monk somthing or other in the name…
I stand by that any practicioner who thinks that staggering around acting drunk will help them win a fight is in for a shock first time they attempt to apply their stumbling antics.
I understand that this is designed for sport and it has its place, but I wish that a lot of instructors out there would make their potential and current students aware of this. TKD can be an effective art in the traditional since, but the WTF (org. ?) does not have any effective hand techniques, if any at all, and makes this particular style ineffective to a certain degree.
[QUOTE=Judge Pen;876873]Why dislike a style? It’s the practioners that make a style stink.[/QUOTE]
Not neccesarely, some styles are know for certain things. For example, BJJ known for ground fighting skills, TKD for high flashy kicks, boxing for hand striking skills and foot work, Savate for high kicks, etc…
A person may not like kicking therefore TKD or Savate wouldn’t be thier favorite. They would do better in kung fu class where kicking is about 40 and hands are 60% or boxing class.
Oh, now I get it. hmmmmm… I still don’t dislike any given style, but I loath kicks abouve waist high. It would be easier to state what I like about certain styles than to state what whole style I like or dis like…