You Want to learn a Martial Art for self defense you choose ???

i've done B and C since pretty much birth till my late teens, since the rise of MMA in the past 5-6 yrs or so i've been interested in BJJ but just don't have the time unfortunately

I voted Kung-Fu...mostly because a friend of mine was an instructor for a few years, and he was pretty awesome.

None of the above, Kali Silat   for defense. 
 
And Shotokan Karate  for handing out an, Ass whooping.  

 
BBJ, just in case you end up on the ground. 
 

I have done Tai Kwan Do. Not that impressive IMO

can't ever go wrong with MMA

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None of the above, Kali Silat   for defense. 
 
And Shotokan Karate  for handing out an, Ass whooping.  

 

BBJ,

just in case you end up on the ground. 
 
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"@Undergroundgod said:

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None of the above, Kali Silat   for defense. 
 
And Shotokan Karate  for handing out an, Ass whooping.  

 

BBJ,

just in case you end up on the ground. 
 
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Didn`t think about,Kali Silat,thats a pretty good one I meant all styles of Karate with A,Even Cobra Kai,sweep the leg "

Combat Sambo

Never done any, so I have no idea how each varies.... lol.

Damn it...I accidentally chose Wrestling when I wanted to choose Boxing!

" @Undergroundgod: well worth it at the end though  As for Shotokan Karate... Sub-Zero ftw LOL "

Boxing

"Boxing "

I would probably chose..... Captain America's Martial Arts.

As i said, if you train MMA you can chose a variety of any of the above so that should pretty much take the piss.

Awww, no aikido.

If it came down to a single martial art, I'd swank between Shotokan or Ninjitsu
 
 

  Krav Maga is MMA but better you learn how to fight dirty 

Mauy thai, I think I would to great in this style.

(More) Boxing. I can already wrestle, and creating angles and using footwork gives you an enormous advantage over an untrained aggressor.

Although not professionally, my dad's taught (and still teaching) me some wrestling,jiu jitsu, boxing and kick boxing.

MMA is not a great thing to start up for self defense, believe it or not. MMA requires prior knowledge of at least one or two fighting styles already. So if you can practice MMA, you have already learned at least one martial art that could be used for self defense. If you don't have any prior training in the components of MMA, you will not be able to use it to effectively defend yourself. At that point you are just in a street fight with any miscellaneous knowledge of martial arts you already possess, rather than actual useful training in a single martial art.

Shotokan Karate, personally. They had a dojo in my town when I was a youngin' and my parents gave me the option to go, but I said no. I should've. Imagine the martial arts badass I could be today!

Krav Maga

I am devastated my the amount of people that believe that 'MMA' is it's own style of martial arts...to all of those people...you are stupid.

" Awww, no aikido. "

" I am devastated my the amount of people that believe that 'MMA' is it's own style of martial arts...to all of those people...you are stupid. "

  Jeet Kune Do and Krav Maga are both essentially mixed martial arts.

I have 4 already. nothing else has gotten my interest
except if i could find a way to student in Hapkido.

Karate chop to the top.....BUMP

I take Shotokan, currently. If I had to choose another, it'd be Muay Thai.

"I take Shotokan, currently. If I had to choose another, it'd be Muay Thai. "

" Shotokan Karate, personally. They had a dojo in my town when I was a youngin' and my parents gave me the option to go, but I said no. I should've. Imagine the martial arts badass I could be today! "

In a street fight precise  boxing is a good aspect as it "can" pretty much solve your problem in one punch.
 
There's also the mantis aspect that I'd like to take into consideradion
 
 

I have done Krav... it is pretty awesome. You should give it a try, it is pretty intense and useful. 

Im surprised no one has chosen either,Savate or Kickboxing,  Savate is the martial Art of Gambits choice and Kickboxing is the Choice of Don "The Dragon" Wilson,well Don doesn`t really count does he, Okay remember Final Fight the video Game,Hagar the Big Wrestler,and Cody the kicking machine,Well Kick Boxing was the Martial Art of Codys chooseing..... LOL

" Shotokan Karate, personally. They had a dojo in my town when I was a youngin' and my parents gave me the option to go, but I said no. I should've. Imagine the martial arts badass I could be today! "

" @Sparda said:

" Shotokan Karate, personally. They had a dojo in my town when I was a youngin' and my parents gave me the option to go, but I said no. I should've. Imagine the martial arts badass I could be today! "

You can still do it, you know. "

I would practice Muy Thai noothing hitting people with knees and elbows

" In a street fight precise  boxing is a good aspect as it "can" pretty much solve your problem in one punch.
 
There's also the mantis aspect that I'd like to take into consideradion
 
 

 

"Fist of the Praying Mantis....BUMP