Striker VS Grapler Martial Art

There is always a debate among martial artists about which style is better,
striker martial art such as Karate, Taekwondo, etc.



or grapler like Judu, Jujitsu, etc.

or perhaps the mixed type like Kudo, MMA, etc.

To me, it's an absolute matter of taste. Just like when someone prefer Rock over Rap genre of music. Does that make a genre better than the other? definitely not!

The proof to my theory is there are always practitioners of a style seek to familiarize themselves with the other. i.e. a Judo practitioner seeks to know a little about Karate and vice versa. If one style is better, why bother going to learn a little of the other style.

Now coming to the Mixed Martial Art, personally I prefer to be an expert in one style and familiarized with the other rather than mixing it up with two styles and become half an expert with grappling and half with striking. Because believe me if you are an expert in grappling you can overcome a striker and when you are an expert on striking you will overcome a grapler.

The thing that bothers me is calling the mixed type a martial art. It's not a martial art at all. It is a mere sport just like Tennis and football and I'm going to tell you all in another post.