What is the world's deadliest form of martial arts?

Answer 1

The question of which Martial Art system is more "deadly" than any other, amounts to the same debate as what is the "best" Martial Art - - which is ALWAYS a matter of opinion based on personal preference, individual experiences, an not on facts.

First of all, there is really no accurate way to quantify the term "deadly," as in "deadlier" or "deadliest." You are either dead, or you are not. A technique, or combination of techniques assembled into a skill set and taught in a curriculum either contains "deadly" techniques that are capable of killing someone, or they are void of them. Virtually every well-known Martial Art system contains at least one, and more commonly, most have multiple techniques that are deadly.

It would not matter if there was only one move in the entire curriculum of any given Martial Art system, or thousands that were known to cause death. All it takes is one deadly technique, applied correctly, to make that Martial Art system deadly. If you learn a thousand non-lethal techniques, and only one "deadly" technique, but apply that one deadly technique with great skill 99% of the time, the result will produce more death than a person training in a system containing a majority of deadly skills, but only apply them half the time.

It is true that it is not the system or form of Martial Art that affects the deadly outcome, but the skill of the Martial Artist, how often they engage in mortal combat, and the number of times they implement one or more deadly techniques.

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Answer 2

"Deadliest Martial Art" is a misnomer. The Martial Art is the knowledge of combative skills that are potentially deadly. Each system of Martial Art curriculum teaches techniques that can kill someone. Once an opponent has been killed, they are dead. There are no different levels or degrees of being dead, therefore no Martial Art can be more deadly than any other, and none can logically be called the "deadliest."