[WeaselNo7]

It's interesting that the article doesn't delve into non-Asian martial arts like Krav Maga, which, in my limited experience, offers an extremely reductionist 'does it work' mentality.

Interesting also that the gold standard of the article is 'in the ring'. I would have thought messy 'real world' combat is gold standard (but obviously less reproducible, from the science perspective). Additionally, multiple opponents.

[tdb7893]

As someone who does martial arts (ranging from muay thai to aikido) if it doesn't work in the controlled environment of the ring it often won't work in the messy environment in the world. Krav Maga is really variable in quality and the best gyms are still ones that have a lot of "aliveness" in training, which is generally sparring or some close facsimile thereof.