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Originally Posted by souldrum71  Very good question, Akai. I think some styles do suit certain personalities better than others. For instance, kyokushin is certainly for people who tend to be more aggressive because it requires a lot of extreme physical conditioning and no-pads sparring. On the other hand, aikido seems more suited for those who are passive because it concentrates on a lot of defensive techniques that turn your opponents attack against them.
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I see what you mean. Perhaps shotokan karate is best for people with more direct personalities, because most of its techniques that I've seen/practiced are relatively simple and direct. I would say Yumedo (a martial art I've created, still in development) is best for people who are direct, and in combat, fierce. This is because Yumedo's techniques are simple yet difficult to block, and at the same time rather fatal. I'm working on non-fatal techniques to incorperate into the martial art, but most of the established ones (such as my favourite, "Sakura no Shizuku") will almost always end the confrontation with a fatality. "Sakura no Shizuku" is my favourte technique due to the poetic meaning incorperated as well as its effectiveness. Don't get me wrong, I want to avoid conflict as much as possible and I especially want to avoid fatality, but if someone attempts to take my life (or that of a loved one), and I happen to have my katana with me, I won't sit by and let it happen. I will soon also be adding tanto and wakizashi techniques.