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Mens Journal lists the four best martial arts for surviving any situation
ok heres my thoughts. i think muay thai and western boxing are both 2 awesome arts that are fantastic in terms of self defense. the arts themselves arent arts that specialize in self defense(muay thai howver was at one time an art made for the battle field including weapons, but is now more a sport) but these 2 arts are better than most in terms of giving u skills and attributes that will allow u to defend urself well. in addition to that, these make u get into \great shape because the training contains a workout aspect as well. these 2 arts make u move exteremly fast, give u great reflexes, enable u to take/evade hits and remain calm, and hit hard and fast in combos and learn to react to peoples movements. these are all skills are great for self defense. if u train hard in these 2 arts u will move so fast its incredible, and u will be able to spot things coming at u easily. i think the skills that western boxing and muay thai have to offer are more better for self defense than bjj if i were to choose between them, but thats just me.
i actually like judo alot. i think judo has tons of skills to offer in terms of self defense. however, it will take a person lots of practise and training before they become proficient enough to use judo for self defense.
i dont know if anyone mentioned san shou in this thread, but san shou looks really awesome, not just as an art but for self defense as well. their takedowns and throws are awesome, and their kickboxing seems to be a bit more versatile than muay thai.
japanese jujutsu have some kill moves
they go straight for dislocation or breaks
plus we do some classical techs in my training
and believe me it hurts when one isnt proficient at controlling...
I have had several shoulder and elbow dislocates from arm locks
seen a couple of seminars... it was watered down to stop injury
but my preferred martial art for defense of myself is gun-fu
which includes regular training at the shooting range, a carrying license , and learning how to break down and reassemble certain guns
also my small pistols hidden in my home all of which are licensed
I grew up in abject poverty in the ghetto...
cant help being paranoid
i dont know if anyone mentioned san shou in this thread, but san shou looks really awesome, not just as an art but for self defense as well. their takedowns and throws are awesome, and their kickboxing seems to be a bit more versatile than muay thai.
couldn't agree more, I love SanShou.
add JJJ and your rocking
What about hapkido? Hapkido covers all ranges of fighting. The ground work isn't the best at most Hapkido dojangs but other then that Hapkido is a very well rounded martial art. Hapkido is a pure self defense art.
At The Pit, although we feel there is no better art than Hawaiian Kempo, we believe one of, if not the single most, important thing in training is to train hard and stay in excellent shape, mentally and physically. In almost any street fight, especially if it's a crazy situation like a party or bar or some place with alot of people, you may very well need enough stamina for more than one round. The guy might not always go down, choke out, or give up right away and if he does, there might be more than one.
So whatever you're doing, train past what is comfortable and stay in great shape.
A person who is said to be proficient in the arts is like a fool. Because of his foolishness in concerning himself with just one thing, he thinks of nothing else and thus becomes proficient. - Hagarkure
What about hapkido? Hapkido covers all ranges of fighting. The ground work isn't the best at most Hapkido dojangs but other then that Hapkido is a very well rounded martial art. Hapkido is a pure self defense art.
I definately agree. The philosophy of HKD is not to "roll", but is get back on your feet if taken down.
My instructor always refers to immobilization on the ground. He teaches ways to get up if you get taken to the ground. But in hapkido we like to prefer to think we will be the one doing the taking down and in that case are taught to stay in control and immobilize them on the ground. We also learn basics skills from the guard. The most common position I have been taught in hapkido was the knee on stomach position.
whoever said above it's not what you train but how you train is correct. IMO technique has little sway on the outcome of a street fight, but rather mental attitude, tactics, (ie pre fight awareness, verbal 'sparring', pre-emptive striking etc) and finally physical condition are most important, (not to mention luck). Arts like wrestling, Muay Thai and boxing will make you supremely well conditioned, both physically and mentally and thus more prepared for a fight than most, regardless of the actual techniques they use. If you spend a little time in addition to this reading Geoff Thompsons writing regarding the fence, and the pre-emptive strike then you're on to a winner.
Krav Maga is good in theory, but I went to one class of it which contained zero sparring, and zero aggression or conditioning drills. On the other hand I have never been to a boxing or wrestling club that didn't leave me absolutely fucked at the end of it.
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I like TB's list but I would add if all that failed that means this guy is serious about either hurting you mightily or killing you. In that case I wouldn't hesitate to use weapons.
Yes, very common in Hapkido that....... very common.
But never ever shown prior to the BJJ craze.
I wonder why that is?
I would hope you wouldn't have to wonder why that is. It is the same reason when someone shows you have a flaw or are lacking you correct it. Some instructors realized the weakness of hapkido's ground game and are doing something about it.
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