about martial arts, ufc ,etc
-the real supreme fighters in this world, they just dont fight because of their philosophy of life and there are only a little few around today and are most hermits
-unfortunaly for example the shaolin monks are not what they use to be any more if you put an old master of shaolin that trained old his life hours and hours per day to improve and have tons of knowledge about the flow of energy beneat his body..he could destroy all of your *beep* ufc dudes in a blink of an eye
-finding a true martial art school its almost impossible in this days, almost every teacher is a weakling, you must search a lot in your country(some places you will still not find anything) and/or go to places like shaolin/okinawa to fid a true master-
-about TKW: this is a new martial art far less than a CENTURY, and its useless compared to others, its a beatifull martial art but useless in real fighting
-about kung fu: this is the mother of all martial arts, it has tons variatys and styles and its impossible to learn everything about it in a lifetime unless you dedicate your hole life to master it. but i can assure you, a true master of kung fu will own any boxer/kickboxer/muay thay or ufc figher in a fight.
about other TRUE martial arts: theres a lot of martial arts out there that are great, im using kung fu as an example mainly because its the oldest one and the widest.
-about muay thay, boxing, etc: this arts/sports, are much easier to learn and master, you are right in one thing if you practice this for a year 2 times a weak and go fighting against a kung fu apprentice that practice the same amount of time that you or even much more, you will beat his ass, thats why you think these are superior to other arts like kung fu, but theres a probleme with this arts, they are all about brute speed and brute strenght, a kung fu master dominates the energy in his body, and go trhough all of harshes, training to reach the piancle of the body speed, strenght and stamina, also they can focus all the energy of their bodies in a single blow an iron palm master can kill any being on the planet with a single blow, dont belive? look http://www.harmoniousfist.com/images/2.jpg, he is ku yu cheung and this is nothing like the things you see on espn, he is breaking solid bricks, and look how thin he is, brute force? i dont think so, imagine in the old days of kung fu, before the mongol invasion, they were unbeatable in hand to hand combat, of course this is not documented but they fought even tigerts with their bare hands, dont think ali, tyson / shamrock, tito ortiz can do this right?
about UFC and similars: you will come and tell me, in the old day of UFC, etc, the martial artists specialists were destroy. in a way i already explained the reason for this, it easier to master, few things of kickboxing, jiujitsu, etc than a whole martial art like kung fu, and with that you have ownage against common martial artist etc.
in ufc the fighters figh for things like money, proving to be the best, etc, not to preserve life, a true "master" will NEVER compete in things like this, it goes agasint their philosophy and way of life, and it may sound cheesy, but if you fight just for things like that, its impossible to reach your own limit.