Here we take a look at the 4 worst traditional martial arts in terms of real fighting. We play the What your friends / you think you do and then we hit you with reality. We tried to keep it realistic in the what really happens department so no streetfights with pretenders. Enjoy.

4. Taekwondo

What your friends think you do:

What you think you do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io4tY10epc8

What really happens: You get suplexed in to a coma

3. Ninjitsu

What your friends think you do:

What you think you do:

What really happens: You get owned by a young Dominic Cruz

2. Kung Fu

What your friends think you do:

What you think you do:

What really happens: A horrible MMA fighter beats you

1. Karate

What your friends think you do:

What you think you do:

What really happens: Sparring matches always end with you on the ground

 

There are a large number of distinct styles and schools of martial arts. Sometimes, schools or styles are introduced by individual teachers or masters, or as a brand name by a specific gym. Martial arts can be grouped by type or focus, or alternatively by regional origin. This article focuses on the latter grouping.

For hybrid martial arts, as they originated from the late 19th century and especially after 1950, it may be impossible to identify unique or predominant regional origins. It is not trivial to distinguish “traditional” from “modern” martial arts. Chronology isn’t the decisive criterion, as, for example, “traditional taekwondo” was developed in the 1950s, while the “modern” hybrid martial art of Bartitsu was developed in ca. 1900.

A large portion of traditional martial arts can be categorized as folk wrestling (see the separate article), although in some cases a folk wrestling style and a modern combat sport may overlap or become indistinguishable from each other once the sport has been regulated.

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