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Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn
If you are talking about how to defend yourself when necessary in practical street fighting and bar fighting, as opposed to fighting in an organized way as an athletic competition you might look into one of the styles police and military train like Krav Maga rather than Muay Thai or jiu jitsu which are best for MMA.
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This!!! Mostly.
As one grows older fighting styles such as Muay Thai that punish ones body on a daily basis become more difficult to do. BJJ is something that one can do 'till very old. In fact BJJ will help you to grow old.
Krav Maga and Kali etc..... are no-nonsense systems of person to person warfare, they require speed and accuracy which only comes with daily practice. These too become less effective with advanced age.
Also, if you use some of the techniques in Krav Maga, Muay Thai etc..... you may be in for a costly legal battle after you pluck the guys eye out in a bar.
If you are not planning to do Jason Bourne spy stuff or pissing off lots of people and fighting for you life.... Then BJJ with some of the others mentioned above thrown in here and there for stand up knowledge will suffice.
Is BJJ the best and only martial art you should learn? No. It is the best first martial art to learn as 99.9% of all fights go to the ground and that's where BJJ rules all.
Since BJJ hit the scene flaws in most martial arts training have become clear. Unless a sucker punch Knock out happens, it's going to the ground.
