Martial arts

Well, this might not really be one of my favorite subjects write about actually... I prefer sweating it out on the tatami instead, but I do feel opinionated about it, and if you don't agree with me, then that's fine, we can at least agree that we disagree.

But, I'm still so annoyed on how people can not get along. I mean, I've heard high graded people in some martial arts spatter other martial arts because they do not think it is "the optimal" one. But think of this...

A karate participant... Do a wrist lock on him, and he migh feel like he's dying. Whilst if a Brazilian Ju-Jutsu guy/girl went onto the ground with an aikidoka, the aikidoka would be screwed as he does not know anything about fighting like that, or kicks.

None of the martial arts, not budo, not FMA, not MMA... NOTHING is optimal, you can not fight anyone or anything with just one martial art.

Different martial arts give different possibilities, abilities and opportunities. The more you train, the more you UNDERSTAND of different martial arts the BETTER fighter you become, the better you become at self defense.

It is never wrong to try out more martial arts than one, so that you can understand the concept of it...

It is always wrong to give it one try and say it's not optimal!

Some martial arts compete, some do not, stop saying either is better... If you can stand losing, if you want to be the best at something... Maybe aikido is not the best for you... If you do not like to compete, then maybe you should try judo, BJJ or MMA where these opportunities exist, but no one should say anything about either of it. Competing is not always bad, but it's not always the best way to go either, but that's very personal if you can handle the stress or not.

Martial arts are here to benefit us, not slandering, name calling, spattering... Instead of putting that energy on arguing which martial art is the best, go train, become great at what you do!

So, even if you do not agree with me on this, please at least show respect for your fellow martial artists no matter which martial art they do.