whats the best martial art for self defense

[GoLiaT]

a friend of mine who is into this told me that the best way to get
a good self defense is ordinary boxing
that works best on street fights
right ?

[kenny]

Guns

[AaronM]

Ching Ching Pow.

[helen of TOY]

kick him in between the legs.....HARD!

[BRISK]

www.kravmaga.com

[Vitasoy]

For street fighting, Muay Thai Kickboxing. Add some BJJ

[eroswebmaster]

Be careful, you might make up your own mind in choosing what you want to do, but the GFY Blackbelts will come and start calling you all kinds of things like Ninja etc because you don't conform to their way of thinking.

[VeriSexy]

http://www.justaddmonsters.com/kungf...chaosintro.wmv

[S P A N N O W]

Being aware of your surroundings!!!!

[AaronM]

Fuck it...Go with the Jedi way.

[Plan9]

Originally posted by AaronM
Fuck it...Go with the Jedi way.

Or the AaronM way...an AR-15 and plenty of ammo?

[BRISK]

You COULD learn some martial arts OR you could just strap explosives to yourself every day, and if anyone ever tries to fuck with you, you just blow yourself up. This method is extremely effective in disabling your attacker, however, it does have the unfortunate side effect of killing you as well. The good news is that you will get pictures your blood and guts featured on Ogrish.com

[Love Brokers]

Originally posted by GoLiaT
a friend of mine who is into this told me that the best way to get
a good self defense is ordinary boxing
that works best on street fights
right ?

BOXING!!!!!!!!!! I have a black belt in Shotokan.............wish I was still young enough to physically take on the challenge of boxing. Wish I had done the boxing instead of martial art!

[Pleasurepays]

there is no quick, short and easy way to learn to defend yourself. you need constant training and interaction. even then, it's not about winning or losing its simply about improving your chances... the longer and harder you train... the greater your chance of successfully defending yourself.

the style is usually much less important than who is teaching it. any style can be effective and any style can be a complete joke, depending on who trained you.

[Lycanthrope]

Originally posted by Vitasoy
For street fighting, Muay Thai Kickboxing. Add some BJJ

... and as most "normal" fights end up in a sloppy roll on the ground while hitting each other fiasco, Judo is great too. You learn some nice ways to throw people, choke them and break their arms and such.

[DWB]

Originally posted by Love Brokers
BOXING!!!!!!!!!! I have a black belt in Shotokan.............wish I was still young enough to physically take on the challenge of boxing. Wish I had done the boxing instead of martial art!

So it will be your ass I will be kicking at the webmaster boxing match?

What is Shotokan? I have never heard of it.

[xclusive]

I would have to say that boxing is a good choice for a regular scrap but it really depends what you are good at. If you have a good punch go with boxing if you have speed go with Karate...

[Morgan]

Sig P220 is the easiest

[eroswebmaster]

Originally posted by Lycanthrope
... and as most "normal" fights end up in a sloppy roll on the ground while hitting each other fiasco,

For years, and I'm talking almost 20 I've been hearing this statement....and after seeing countless fights I can honestly recall only 3 that went to ground, out of 100's I saw at schools, bars, at the lake on weekends...the fights that didn't go to the ground were all pretty much brawls and one punchers.

[freeadultcontent]

Mexican Judo.

Judo know if I have a knife or judo know if i got a gun.

[Cypherpunk]

Togakure Ryu Ninpo Taijutsu

[Taboo]

Originally posted by freeadultcontent
Mexican Judo.

Judo know if I have a knife or judo know if i got a gun.

[Varius]

Senshido.

It's focused on teaching you how to deal with everyday events, bar fights, street fights, etc....

It's very effective.

My second recommendation is submission wrestling.

[railz]

Aikido Jitsu, with a heavy emphasis on defense.

[katdaddy]

Originally posted by GoLiaT
a friend of mine who is into this told me that the best way to get
a good self defense is ordinary boxing
that works best on street fights
right ?

sup Goliat long time no see... hows business?

Muay Thai KickBoxing is hot

[Manowar]

The Shox martial arts - i.e run the fuck away

[hvidlogspusher]

learn the jedi mind trick

[xxxoutsourcing]

Originally posted by Vitasoy
For street fighting, Muay Thai Kickboxing. Add some BJJ

[Libertine]

Pumping iron.
If you're a big guy, people tend to not want to fuck with you in the first place. And if, by some freak accident, you get into a fight anyway, chances are that being strong will be enough to win.

[hvidlogspusher]

Originally posted by punkworld
Pumping iron.
If you're a big guy, people tend to not want to fuck with you in the first place. And if, by some freak accident, you get into a fight anyway, chances are that being strong will be enough to win.

your muscle dosnt matter when i knife stab you with a knife or shoot you with a gun

[robfantasy]

the art of fighting without fighting

[Libertine]

Originally posted by hvidlogspusher
your muscle dosnt matter when i knife stab you with a knife or shoot you with a gun

1. You're wrong. I can assure you that a guy with a knife won't be doing much anymore after you break his nose, cheekbone and jaw and knock half a dozen teeth out.
2. Muscles still work as a deterrant.
3. Nothing will save you from a bullet. Doesn't mean that defending yourself against other stuff is useless.

[Theo]

Muscles do not mean you are capable to defend yourself against someone with a weapon like a knife.

[Libertine]

Originally posted by Soul_Rebel
Muscles do not mean you are capable to defend yourself against someone with a weapon like a knife.

When someone pulls out a knife, the main thing to do is get the fuck out of there. No martial art makes it safe to fight someone with a knife.
If you can't get the fuck out of there, you need to get the person with the knife as far away from you as possible. Muscles help here, simply because being big makes you more intimidating.
If you can't stay away from the guy with the knife either, you need to disable him as quickly as possible. Once again, muscles help, for obvious reasons.

Nothing provides a good defense against weapons except for superior weapons or being extremely skilled in martial arts. However, unless you are willing to spend huge amounts of time training, you won't be extremely skilled.

[Satisfaction]

mucsles do count... but to an extent..

[Thor]

1)take steroids
2)pump iron like crazy
3)get your head shaved
4)get tattoes in your face
5)get all your teeths replaced with gold teeth
6)make a big scar across your face with a rusty knife (remeber to scrath it alot so that the scar will be really disgusting to look at)(also a good idea to make the scar go through one of your eyes)
7)get a doctor to remove the colour in your eye so that it is completly white with only the black dot in the middle. then i promise you most people will stay the fuck away from you :D

[Pleasurepays]

Originally posted by Soul_Rebel
Muscles do not mean you are capable to defend yourself against someone with a weapon like a knife.

funny you said that.

we are now accepting volunteers to stab ronnie coleman.

please register at www.stab-ronnie.com

[Jaded Chica]

Jiu jitsu
Someone taught me a move from that kind of submission wrestling and i have no martial art background whatsoever.Im a a petite woman and i can put any guy on the ground with it and hold em there.

[Pleasurepays]

Originally posted by Jaded Chica
Jiu jitsu
Someone taught me a move from that kind of submission wrestling and i have no martial art background whatsoever.Im a a petite woman and i can put any guy on the ground with it and hold em there.

hahaha.

too funny.

go back to your Tai Bo aerobics class!

[Joesho]

Weng Chun, or Jeet Khun do

are two very good choices for a person to study at first, if you want to learn to prtect yourself.

[Vitasoy]

Bas Rutten Street Self Defense System - Lethal Street Fighting

[SinisterStudios]

There is no best martial art, the best is a mix of the best parts of all martial arts. Every martial art has its pluses and minuses, thats why the newer free style mixed martial arts are doing so well.

[TonyL]

Originally posted by Vitasoy
Bas Rutten Street Self Defense System - Lethal Street Fighting

Bas Rutten is an MMA fighter with the obvious emphasis on Mui Thai and Brazilian Jujitsu.

That video is good information tool but no replacement for years of training. His Big Books of combat are great for training refrences.

-Tony

[Tala]

I like aikido. It's the "Fine, you wanna go that way, lemme help you" technique.

I love it. They swing, you grab n toss. Fun.

[chemicaleyes]

Originally posted by freeadultcontent
Mexican Judo.

Judo know if I have a knife or judo know if i got a gun.

[Groove]

The diversity of opinions in this thread is your answer.

There is no single "best martial art for self defence".

Try a few and pick a style and teacher that
works best for you as an individual.

[Lycanthrope]

Originally posted by eroswebmaster
For years, and I'm talking almost 20 I've been hearing this statement....and after seeing countless fights I can honestly recall only 3 that went to ground, out of 100's I saw at schools, bars, at the lake on weekends...the fights that didn't go to the ground were all pretty much brawls and one punchers.

Maybe it is just us drunk Wisconsin folks who like getting drunk and fighting on the ice in winter?

[stocktrader23]

Originally posted by eroswebmaster
For years, and I'm talking almost 20 I've been hearing this statement....and after seeing countless fights I can honestly recall only 3 that went to ground, out of 100's I saw at schools, bars, at the lake on weekends...the fights that didn't go to the ground were all pretty much brawls and one punchers.

I wasn't involved. I'll take it to the ground fast, shit on trading punches.

[austinth]

get a glock

[stocktrader23]

By the way, the best defense is your mind. Doesn't matter which style you choose you have to be mentally prepared for what you learn.