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Depends on what you want to derive from your experience.
Here are my favorites and why...
Jujitsu
For pure devastating, disabilitation of a single opponent. Jujitsu...brazillian especially...the focus will revolve around joint locks and grappling. You can absolutely DESTROY a single opponent but it will not get you very far against a group of assailants...Although there are Japanese forms concentrating on finger and elbow locks that can help you stay on your feet and mobile
Kung Fu
You're not really going to kick too much ass with most any form of Kung Fu per se. However, the mental conditioning and concentration derived from studying gung fu will help you throughout your live in many everyday situations. There are forms of kung fu/tai chi chuan/wudan that are very physical and after a few years, the average street punk won't stand a chance...and qi/chi can be a very powerful thing to realize. I think gung fu is great as an artform more than and actual method of selfdefense. Good teachers are hard to come by too.
Aikido
Against groups of attackers I think this can be one of the most applicable martial arts around. It doesn't get much attention because of its passive nature. It focuses more upon the mental/spiritual development even more so than kung fu. It is based upon the philosophy of redirecting energy...and using an opponents energy against them. You'd be amazed the power you can attain from this style. And the peacefullness you can attain. Which is true power.
MuayThai, Taikwondo, karate are all fairly similar fairly utilitarian...I have little experience with these so...not too many comments...
There is also a dutch streetfighting form loosely based on Jujitsu I cannot remember the name of...it is down and dirty, dangerous and brutal...and teachers may be hard to find. Its focus is getting your ass thru rough alleys in any manner possible.
That's my two cents...Aikido is one of my favs, but jujitsu will teach you how to FUCK PEOPLE UP one asshole at a time...
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