any "fighting system" that uses lethal weapons is the ultimate, but that's not to say that it's practical in a street fight. sure a ninja could take the average guy, but like you said munk, try doing it with a guy of equal strength coming at you. it's funny how karate always turns into what looks like very crude boxing.

so i guess the guys in the cia or mercs would dominate the ufc. because I guarantee they're no slouches in fights. but wait, they're trained to kill... so I guess that doesn't count.

for the record, i don't knock all arts. but come on, most of what we see is based on old world ideals that just doesn't cut it anymore...most of it is now just movie stuff. But boxing, k-boxing, mt, judo, bjj, all the real deals. give each of those practitioners a knife, a sword and some chinese stars and they're all as equally deadly as a ninja.