A comprehensive defense! More effective, perhaps,
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It would be hard to name one as being better than others. It has more to do with the practitioner and how hard they work then the style.
Daniel Larusso got taught Shotokan Karate in the Karate Kid
I go to a Karate called Go-Kan-Ryu. Which I find is very good for self defense. It's not so much about fighting and it's non contact, until the higher grades anyway! It is taught all over the world and it's the largest Karate organization. The one that you will study! They are all very similar when it comes to the basics. The effectiveness will depend more upon how the instructor teaches then what style it is.
The sport of Judo involves more hugging or grappling. The sport and practice of karate is more of a striking fighting style. Karate can be said to have the most emphasis on hand movement.
depends on the person not the art. Personally i feel tai chi is a more complete fighting style. It takes much longer to learn tho. Tai Chi is more a grappling art.
The one that you will study and practice. Karate is all based on the same basic principles from the same basic roots in Okinawa. The effectiveness is more dependent upon the practitioner then on the style.
It is not a matter of style. The key is the application of the techniques. It is more the individual practitioner than it is the style.
While both of them are quite effective martial arts, karate is by its nature more deadly. Judo was derived from Jujitsu. It was designed to be a sport and used in competition. As such it was intended to be 'safe' to the practitioners and not deadly. Karate was never intended for competition, but is designed to be effective and take the opponent out of action.
A force applied for a short time in karate is more effective because it allows for a quick and powerful impact on the target, maximizing the transfer of energy and increasing the likelihood of causing damage or achieving the desired outcome.
There are many different strikes in this defense. There is the chest or face thrust, front or side of the head strike, single hand grab, and both hands grab. There are actually more than 10,000 techniques.
Which is better, Coke or Pepsi? They are different, each with strong and weak points. Victory in combat matters more on personal training than on specific style.
It depends on the level of the student. Any aikido person will tell you that aikido is better, and most karate students will argue that Karate is. Aikido students learn defense from most attacks, and since it was founded in Japan. Most of the attacks from karate and other Japanese martial arts are covered. There is no better martial art. It depends on what you would like to learn.