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For some reason or other people outside the Austin MMA community still ask the question which form of martial arts is better when it comes to an actual fight. Is it kung fu, karate, or maybe even taekwondo? Well I hate to break it to all you Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan fans but the answer to this question was answered a long time ago. It was answered in 1993 with the first Ultimate Fighting Championship, and the answer is Brazilian Jujitsu. The first UFC event was a bunch of guys who were experts in different types of martial arts including Jujitsu, karate, and other combat sports including boxing and even sumo wrestling.   By the end of this event it was clear which type of fighting style dominated the rest.

The winner of this competition was a 160 pound black belt in Brazilian Jujitsu whose family had founded that form of martial arts. He beat men who were much larger and stronger than he was. In fact he made it look easy.  Once he was able to take these stand up fighter down to the ground they looked like fish out water flopping around with no idea what to do. He was able to submit these men with ease making some of them tap out or give up before he even finished the submission.

So why some people still want to discuss this is beyond me. I don’t know if they are just stupid or that they just don’t know. Probably a little bit of both, but as far as which form of martial art is the best for actual real world fighting the answer is not up for discussion. A Black Belt in Jujitsu will completely dominate any other black belt in any other form of martial art. It is true that to be a true Austin MMA fighter you must have stand up fighting skill also but for the average street fight Jujitsu is the way to go.