Martial Arts Poll

[GoktimusPrime]

This poll is for anyone here who has practised or is currently practising a martial arts style/system.

The poll is ANONYMOUS so the names of people voting will not be publicly displayed. This has been intentionally done because a lot of MA practitioners are wary of identifying what styles they do in fear of "style discrimination"

All martial arts related discussions can be found here (mods: feel free to merge this poll/thread with the existing Martial Arts Discussion thread if possible)

Unfortunately this board poll system only allows me to add up to 10 poll options which isn't nearly enough to cover all the various styles of martial arts out there. So I know that some martial arts will be lumped under one big category. If you want to be more specific and don't mind publicly stating what style you do, then feel free to do so.

Thankfully there's never been any precedent of "style discrimination" on this board.

Now as for the 10 categories I've selected... I must admit that there is some personal bias here. I'm a traditionalist, so I've only included traditional martial arts (i.e. those created BEFORE the advent of sub-machine guns). I remain quite skeptical of styles that were created after that era since it's impossible to accurately test them in battle anymore. The only exception to this is Taekwondo (just 'cos it's too widespread to ignore IMO), and even then I've specified the older version of Taekwondo usually under the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) -- if you practise the modern form of Taekwondo (under the World Taekwondo Federation or WTF (I'm not making this up!)), which is also an Olympic Sport, then please select "Sport Martial Art."

I've included Muay Boran, but not Muay Thai -- the latter is more of a sport which is derived from the former. If you practise Muay Thai then please select "Sport Martial Art."

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is also "Sport Martial Art" for this poll (because it was developed as a competitive combat sport (e.g. UFC etc.). If you're not sure, then feel free to ask (feel free to PM if you don't want others to suspect what style you do).

Judo is a Sport Martial Art, but Jujutsu is not. Note I'm using the more Japanese phonetically accurate spelling of "Jujutsu" -- I know that in English it's commonly called "Jiu Jitsu", but as a Japanese speaker that bugs me.