[9.0] "[8.6] I feel like Battlarts running more frequently and expanded out a bit more would be my favorite promotion of all time. Battlarts and Bati-Bati on the whole for me strikes a perfect balance between the shoot style stuff and more classic/traditionally pro wrestling stuff, where they just treated it as as valid of a style of fighting as the shoot techniques. Aside from really loving the style of it, early Battlarts had a legitimately incredible roster, with names like Otsuka, Usuda, Ikeda, Yone, Ishikawa, Tanaka, all under one banner. Their output started slowing down in 2002, in fact I believe they were basically dead for a time, but they were still fantastic whenever they ran. Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura's Kakuto Tanteidan shows have pretty much become the successor to Battlarts, which is great, but the shows are fairly infrequent. Either way, in my mind, this is the shit."
[10.0] "The only reason I do not consider Battlarts the greatest promotion of all time is because Futen exists. This is a place that completely and utterly transformed my taste in wrestling. I tend to prefer version 2 more than version 1 but it is all great."
[10.0] "Battlarts is the greatest promotion of all time. This is a very big claim, but in my own opinion this is almost undeniably true. During its first incarnation, Battlarts had one of the most stacked rosters on the planet, with genuine all-time greats Ikeda, Ishikawa, and Otsuka at the helm, along with unsung top-level wrestlers like Ono and Usuda, and even some amazing future prospects like Hidaka, Tanaka, Hijikata, and Yone. The bati-bati style which mixed a more shoot style mentality with the general pro-wrestling style resulted in some of the greatest and most vicious singles and tag matches to ever take place. Once the promotion died in 2001 and came back officially in 2004, it was full of new life with one of the best crops of new talent in wrestling history, with Sawa, Yano, Hara, and Yamamoto leading the promotion's younger generation for the last 7 years of its existence. There was never, nor will there ever be another promotion quite like it."
[10.0] "I absolutely love BattlArts. I don't know why there's no -e- in battle, but whatever. Its a great name for a promotions, and a great company in general. I love that they never had any title belts of their own, just pride in their win/loss records and tournaments. And they showcased wrestling in a very pure way, which takes me back to when wrestling actually had wrestling in the show. These fighters actually strike and roll on the mat. No punch, kick, run the ropes and flip for way too long. These matches are believeably snug, and celebrate pro wrestling roots. Maybe the shoot style isn't for everyone, but this nerd here loves it. I don't know why the company went under, but who know; we could get lucky and BattlArts could start again. I know I'd love it. Sister promotion Fu-ten was also enjoyable for the same reasons."
[9.0] "This company was pure gold, especially in its last 5 years. BattlArts was the perfect promotion to become a shoot-style fan as the matches had hard striking and realistic grappling mixed with more modern spots. I also loved the fact that they produced most of their shows in tiny warehouses where every slap and every kick would echo through the building."
[7.0] "Ich fand die Liga in den 90ern und frühen 00ern immer eine ganz nette Abwechslung. Der Shoot-Style wurde von Beginn immer mit etwas "Entertainment" aufgepeppt, so dass man sich von Rings und Pancrase abgrenzen konnte. Was viele Fans vielleicht gar nicht wissen, ist, dass Battlarts-Kämpfe 1996/97 öfters auf einem lokalen TV-Sender in Hannover (OK Hannover) im Rahmen von der Sendung IWW-TV ausgestrahlt wurden. Die Connection mit IWW kam durch Viktor Krüger zustande, der damals oft bei Battlarts auftrat und die Kämpfe damals auch fachkundig kommentiert hat. Ich glaube, der Stil war damals aber für die traditionellen deutschen CWA/WWF-Fans etwas zu "avantgarde", so dass ausser einigen hardcore-Fans niemand was damit anfangen konnte. Durch Viktor Krüger kamen aber auch Euro-Stars wie Michael Kovac und Rambo für einige Gastauftritte nach Japan. War irgendwie schon eine kultige Promotion."
[10.0] "Jetzt wo BattlARTS langsam die Türen schließt merkt man noch mehr wie toll doch diese Promotion war. Ich werde diese Liga, mit harten Veteranen und hassenden Rookies wirklich vermissen! Unglaublich gute Kämpfe hat diese Liga hervorgebracht."
[7.0] "Ja, Battle Arts weiß mir ab und an zu gefallen. Aber eben nur ab und an. Stiffes Wrestling, welches schon in Shoot Fight übergeht, gefällt mir meist gut, aber manchmal ist es mir irgendwie zu wenig Wrestling und zu viel Shoot. Bonuspunkte gibt es aber für das Battle Arts Dojo, welches schon den ein oder anderen guten Wrestler ausgebildet hat (Muenori Sawa oder auch Fujita Jr. Hayato)."
[10.0] "Ja, ich vergebe hier die volle Punktzahl. Nachdem mir jemand BattlARTS gezeigt hat, kann ich inzwischen ohne BattlARTS kaum "leben". Ist ne geniale Abwechselung zum anderen Puro. Dazu wird auch hier auf die Nachwuchsförderung wert gelegt und es gibt einige richtig gute zukünftige Shoot Fighter. Hut ab."
[6.0] "Ohne BattlARTS - egal wie selten dieses Dojo mittlerweile eigene Shows abhält - wäre die Puro-Welt nicht mehr so schön. Man braucht sich nur anschauen, welche Spitzentechniker Ishikawas Schule immer wieder hervorgebracht hat."
