martial arts Martial Arts are the most technical and also the most meaningful sports and nothing comes close

[Hopa12]

There's really no competition or question about it.

 

If you're asking me which sports are the most technical and the most meaningful out there, martial arts are.

 

Martial arts especially in self-defense are the most intellectual and the most scientific out of all sports not just practicewise but also culturally. Nothing comes close.

 

Gymnastics, American Football, Basketball, Cricket, Dancing, Parkour, Ice Hockey, Pool, Tennis, and Figure Skating don't even come close.

 

Every single martial art such as Muay Thai, Sambo, Kyokushin, Judo, Shotokan, Ringen(Medieval German grappling, wrestling, and submissions), Kajukenbo, Krav Maga, Taekwondo, Fencing, Dutch Kickboxing, Buno(a type of Filipino wrestling that uses weapons), etc. is far more technical than any non-fighting sport in existence.

 

There's something about martial arts that sets it apart from non-fighting sports and that is that it is a journey of personal development and also learning new things such as techniques constantly. Also, another thing that sets martial arts apart from many non-fighting sports is that martial arts, especially effective ones originated in real-life such as survival, self-defense, real conflicts, and real wars compared to other sports that mostly began as games. This is a big reason why martial arts are complex and complicated compared to other sports. Real life is complicated compared to games. There's so much diversity and adventure in martial arts. I would say that martial arts have a far bigger world and a much more diverse universe compared to other sports such as rugby, basketball, tennis, track and field, discus throw, waterpolo, swimming, archery, motorsports, equestrian, soccer, etc. Seriously, you can do so many things with martial arts whether they are self-defense, mixing various styles, developing new techniques, utilizing diverse environments as weapons, using everyday objects as weapons, psychological warfare, deception, reading people, etc. You won't ever get this diversity and diverse adventure in non-fighting sports.

 

Also, martial arts are also far more meaningful and also have something to offer in terms of mythology, heroism, major history, and overall adventure.

Many martial artists also get to explore the various cultures of the nations and ethnic groups of various martial arts styles as they learn more about the styles.

Also, martial arts along with military strategies and tactics are the defining skills of warriors such as knights, samurai, etc. throughout history. Warriors along with philosophers and scientists were the ones who created and destroyed civilizations throughout history. Warriors and intellectuals are the real reason civilizations rose and fell. Warriors and intellectuals created history. How do the sports of ice hockey, lacrosse, badminton, golf, weightlifting, canoeing, skiing, volleyball, etc. compare to that?

Also, martial arts compared to non-fighting sports have so many things going for it when it comes to making movies out of it. For example, there are literally many action movies about martial artists using their skills to fight gangsters or other types of villains for some meaningful cause. But what about non-fighting sports such as American Football, High Jump, Pole Vaulting, Javelin Throw, Baseball, Cheerleading, etc.? What can you even do with them? Like how would the protagonist use those skills against gangsters or other bad guys? I mean you can make movies about them where the protagonist undergoes a personal self-development journey about those non-fighting sports but you can't really do much like have badass heroes use those skills against bad guys the same way he uses his martial arts skills.

 

Yes, the life of an NFL player and also his highschool gridiron football days are indeed full of glamour, popularity, career opportunities, girls, money, etc. but ultimately, everything he does is confined to that football field and also the crowds of fans he has. He would be nothing without his fans while martial artists will continuously be martial artists even without fans. Fans are ultimately what keeps his games and his sports going. For a person like me who is heavily into martial arts(I am a teen male who is a member of an intense BJJ dojo. I am also Kyokushin fighter.), Chess, and STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), I wouldn't say that American football(not soccer) and all other non-fighting sports are boring and useless. No. Of course, that's ridiculous. They are certainly hugely beneficial in that they heavily develop social skills, large social circles, physical fitness, support structures, and careers but I wouldn't go as far as to make them my entire personality because that is just boring to me and personally for me, I will feel empty especially in the end. No offense. It's just me.

 

I don't mean any disrespect to non-fighting sports but imagining myself as spending my whole life and defining my entire personality based on a huge soccer field especially as I enter elderly age and death seems like I lived in a golden cage without seeing the outside world. Ultimately, what I did was just games. I didn't really help people in truly meaningful ways like cure diseases, develop technology, use my martial arts skills in fighting a hardened violent career criminal to defend myself in an alley if he tries to rob me, solve crimes, etc. I also feel like my privacy is destroyed and also feel like my entire being and existence is chained to and heavily depends on the mainstream massive public crowd if I define my life based on non-fighting sports, especially team sports like basketball, baseball, and American football. Ultimately, I know that I would be nothing without the crowd who worships me. They're the reason why gridiron football players and basketball players thrive.

 

So if any of you out there are athletes of team sports, especially full-contact ones, treat your fans and followers like friends and family. Don't condescend, take advantage of, or treat them like *I poop my pants, don't laugh at me*. They're the reason why you exist and the way you are. You are nothing without them. Your coaches and your training facilities are heavily funded because of the demands of your fans and followers wanting to watch you. Again, you are and would be nothing without them.

 

But as for martial artists of various styles, they don't need fans. I have read about many obscure martial arts groups and schools(of obscure or foreign exotic fighting systems) who have deep passion for what they do even if the public ignores and doesn't even know they exist. They just like what they're doing and get the bonding and brotherhood from their fellow peers and teachers and not fans, outsiders, or the mainstream public.

 

Team sport athletes, especially those of full-contact sports need their huge public crowds of fans and followers to feel complete about themselves in meaningful ways but martial artists don't. 

 

But martial artists exist by themselves even to the point of individuality. And this kind of freedom and privacy seem very serene and good in feeling. It's truly freeing.

 

Compared to martial arts, non-fighting team sports like that seem artificial life and just games even to the point of being commercialized. And no, this isn't me *I poop my pants, don't laugh at me*ting on them. It's just how I feel in all honesty.

 

Anyways, now back to the technicality part.

 

By the way, some fans of mainstream team sports such as soccer, volleyball, baseball, basketball, hockey, American football, etc. say that they are just as technical as martial arts and their arguments are these:

 

1. Those team sports utilize teamwork when it comes to strategy and tactics. But this is very minimal in thinking compared to martial arts where you learn various techniques, combinations, body positioning, reading an opponent, transitioning from one style to another, combining styles, etc. and then applying all of those martial arts aspects in the middle of a sport martial arts fight. Also, most strategies and tactics of team sports rarely go according to plan because first, you ultimately can't read or control the minds and actions of your teammates regardless of cohesion and camaraderie so what happens is that the whole plan often gets abandoned. Second, enemy teammates often make sure and pressure your teammates into doing other things that are against your team's original plan.

 

2. This one is hilarious and downright comical. Those fans argue that basic movements in those team sports such as dribbling in basketball, soccer dribbling away from the enemy, volleyball spike, soccer bicycle kick, etc. require tactics, strategy, and thinking about them in the middle of the games. First of all, don't listen to those fans because that is the most ridiculous mistake you can make if you do. Those fans are crazy idiots. You get good at those basic body movements by practicing and drilling them over and over again to the point that they become instinct and you are able to do them efficiently without thinking about them. You don't think about them in the middle of the games like how some martial arts bullshido martial arts master tries his ridiculous fantasy techniques against real conflicts. It's funny because martial artists(the most technical sports) actually say that you don't think about inventing martial arts techniques in the middle of conflicts and just let your instinctive martial arts techniques born out of your martial arts training take over yet those stupid fans of those team sports say that you should think about doing those basic movements of those team sports in the middle of their games. Those fans are like the bullshido versions of non-fighting team sports. Many real-life athletes of those non-fighting team sports suffered multiple misfortunes for trying to heavily think about their basic moves in the middle of games. In real-life, most athletes of those non-fighting team sports do not spend the majority of their thinking and strategizing on their basic body movements and instead prioritize the majority of their brain power on their teammates and the enemy team such as when it comes to positions, locations, and proximity. I found it strange when I watched a video of a coach of a male American football saying that a basic touchdown of his sport requires the same technicality as a whole BJJ match and I also found it weird when some track-and-field athlete from my US public highschool said that his sport is as technical as Fencing. In my mind, I was like “What the f#%& are you talking about?!” without telling them in any way. Those people said them to me after my practice as a wrestler of my public highschool's male US Folkstyle Wrestling team. It was weird.

 

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So yeah, if you're asking me which sports are the most technical, it's martial arts with BJJ being the most technical. It gets even more complicated in self-defense and real fights.

 

Edited 14 hours ago by Hopa12

[red viking]

Everybody thinks their sport is the most technical or requires the most heart. For some, it's both at the same time. I still remember my wrestling coach in high school explain to us that wrestling isn't popular because it's "too complicated" for the average person. It's pretty funny. 

 

Edited 10 hours ago by red viking