best martial art for self defence?

nightowl

  
any opinions? one or two people have mentioned the israeli defence force's krav maga as being pretty effective in terms of being able to lean relatively quickly and being suitable for dealing with real life situations you might encounter on the street
 

jasonk282

Banned
That's like asking who is your favoite child.

Each displine has thier pros and cons, which is what lots of places teach MMA.

I personally like Muay Thai, but that's just my opinion.
 

PlasmaTwa2

The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Shat-Fu: The only martial art that will protect you from giant rubber reptiles.
 

StanScratch

My Penis Is Dancing!
I've found that screaming, crying and lying on the ground screaming and crying work best for me. Usually makes the attacker feel sorry for me and walk away. Some even leave me money.
 
Okay here's what you do.

Your attacker is bigger than you. He's angry and it looks like you are the next person he's going to beat the living crap out of. As Senior Scratch says curling into a ball and crying do work absolute wonders when you're faced with this type of person.

But it doesn't always work. Even if you do all of these things and you look as pathetic as humanly possible there still will be some who just like hurting people and as you now look like the weakest most pathetic parasite on the face of the Earth it's obviously going to be you that he's going to release all his pent up testosterone on. So what are you going to do about it? Your plans have gone awry, he's moving closer and you know You Might very well be beaten to death and defecated on at that very moment. What you do is the only thing you can do, it's the only thing anyone would do at that situation - in the position you're in . . . you offer even beg to suck his cock.

Now I know it's not the most pleasant thought, just think of all the flaps of skin and the smell and depending on your area there may even be a faint chance of smegma, but that's what you have to do. For all you know your very life might be on the line and you have to try and save it somehow.

Now there are two options that will open to you here. There are probably more but who cares. Okay, 1) He excepts your offer. What this means is you have to purse your lips and go for it. It'll probably be unpleasant he may not have washed for days. But this option does open another window of opportunity to you. You either finish him off trying not to gag as the cum hits the back of your throat, or you take action. You use the tools you have at your disposal and you bite! But remember if you take this route you'll only get one chance so bite quickly and bite hard. Then with as much force as you can muster you back away, spit it out if you need to and watch as a grown man hits the floor with the most tremendous screech you've ever heard. Then it's just a matter of getting up walking back over to his shrivelled body, kicking him a few times and doing a merry fun dance over him you may even piss on him if you wish, before running away.

Now, that's option 1 out of the way, now for option 2. He refuses. What do you do? He's not going to allow you to suck his cock and he'll probably beat you even more now for even bringing it up. Again you have a couple choices here. Firstly, you except your fate and you curl into a ball protecting those delicate areas hoping you survive the onslaught and that maybe a passing “Good Samaritan” might come to your aid. Or yet again you use your initiative and the considerable brain capacity you have over this great hulk of shit. What you do is, you leap forward and forcibly open his trousers and you then attempt to pleasure him against his own free will trying to dodge the punches as they come.

Now you will probably be killed at this point but it will be worth the try because who knows? Maybe a bit of man mouth is all he needed at the end of the night.

At least you would have tried and at the end of the day that's all Jebus wants.

:D
 
There isn't really any single good one. People that focus too much on one and not on almost everything tend to risk getting their asses kicked. Plus, I've noticed that often in fights once they get started even people that have practice martial arts for years tend to through it out the window in the middle of it and just lay a beat down. Preparing to do some special move or anything like that almost never works out well. You just have to adapt to the situation at hand, often in a split second and often while grappled with the other person.
 
Having practiced and studied MA for many, many years (not to date myself) but if you simply want to garner techniques to defend yourself right now...JKD, Aikido or Jiu Jitsu.:2 cents:
 

biomech

Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit
Sig-Sauer P-245. Best defense is a good offense.
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But if hand to hand is your thing Krav Maga or Aikido are the two to study.
At least that is what I've heard.
 
I've always found intimidation and and acting like you just don't care to be quite effective. Barring that being an option good old fashioned American whoop ass seems to get the job done. Keeping your cool and watching for openings is key. Most people that are going to jump someone are douche-bags that aren't prepared for someone to actually fight back. Of course I recommend avoiding getting into a fight at all but if comes to that there are no rules to protecting yourself. Use any available resources at hand then get the fuck out as quick as possible.
 
I do wing chun kung fu. I think its a pretty good street defence style, but its not for everyone.

If your a big dude or a fat dude, wrestling, catch wrestling, greco roman wrestling, judo and just about any other style where size is a big advantage is for you.

If your medium build but reasonably strong, a hardstyle striking or grappling art like jiu jitsu, hapkido, karate, boxing or muay thai is good

If your of a small build or your just weak, you probably need a soft style like wing chun or aikido

I do not recommend any modern martial arts like krav maga as they are usually bastardized versions of traditional martial arts which tend to be less effective overall, but are quick to learn. Thats about their only advantage, but I dont see the point in going to a class where they tell you to poke em in the eyes, attack their throat and kick em in the nuts...you could figure that out by yourself.

I also wouldnt recommend starting out in MMA if you havent already got a martial art solidly mastered (not nerccessarily a sifu, but at least an advanced student). You should train in a base martial art, and then gather techniques from other arts to make your own style. The reason for the base art is because it teaches you a way of solving problems (like I would naturally exploit the opponents balance if they over committed an attack or I would strike a straight punch instead of blocking a hook) but that is because my base art is wing chun. People who do BJJ would probably tackle the opponent to the ground, people who did hapkido would try and do some joint manipulation and break some bones, people who did muay thai would try to bludgeon them with their super strong shins and elbows.

So as you can see if your starting out learning BJJ+Muay thai (the most common combination) its quite easy to get confused. But wherever you train, make sure they have live hard full contact sparring. Without sparring, you cannot learn to fight.
 
The Scottish martial art of Fuck-U.

It mostly involves head butting and then kicking people when their down.

Works every time!.
 
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