which martial art can i learn which is defensive?

Answer 1

Go to your favorite search engine and type in Kenpo or even try youtube.com and enter, Jeff Speakman, Larry Tatum, Ed Parker or kenpo demo just too name a few.

I have been learning and teaching the Art of Kenpo Karate for 10 years...Awesome self defense techniques.

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Answer 2

Whenever you ask a question like this, you get a bunch of answers from people who don't always have enough knowledge to give a good answer.

They are automatically going to say whatever style they are taking. There's nothing wrong with being proud of your style, just know more about other ones too.

Martial arts were started as a way of military combat and killing, period. They have almost all been watered down over the years. Most martial arts were only for killing and it didn't matter about the defensive side of it.

It doesn't matter what martial art you take, you don't want to stay on the defensive, at some point you have to counter attack. Which means just that... attack. You can't win a fight with a good block. You have to stop it with a strike of some kind.

It is good that you don't want to just go out and learn how to kick someone's butt though. I respect that and I assume it is because you are a responsible person who wants to only do enough to get out of whatever situation you might be in. Bravo. Here is my tip for you when finding a martial arts school...

When you are looking for a martial art school or a martial arts style, look for one where the instructor seems to actually care about you and not just the money he will make off you. You want one who cares about your progress and how well you can apply the techniques you are learning.

Just because you know martial arts doesn't mean you can't get your butt kicked. Joe Blow can always get a lucky sucker punch in. Martial arts just increase your chances by quite a bit.

When you are looking for what martial art to take, make sure it has everything that you want. I have blackbelts and even my Master certification in Taekwondo, however I teach a style called Wonjutsu. The reason I am teaching this style instead of Taekwondo is that it involves kicks and punches like Taekwondo, but also pressure points, touch knockouts, ground fighting, disarming attackers and you name it. It is a true mixed martial art. So make sure you find a style you are going to not only enjoy, but will offer everything you want. In a nutshell, find a good mixed martial arts school where you like and trust the instructor.

Good luck and God Bless!

Answer 3

Aikido!

The is the best Martial Art for pure defense.

Answer 4

All Martial Arts can be used for self defense. If you want to know which styles have the least offensive capability, probably Aikido Hapkido or Judo since in these Arts, you use your attackers momentum against him.

Answer 5

A good well rounded style would be freestyle Karate.You will learn stand up,ground,grappling and weapons.What a lot of people don't understand is that freestyle Karate is about practical street defence not who can kick the highest or punch a pad the hardest.It's definitely not a sport martial art like TKD or BJJ.The motto of my style is the best of everything in progression.Basically that means we don't care where the technique comes from we improve it and integrate it into our style while still maintaining tradition as do most freestyle Karate's.
The hardest thing is finding a good experienced instructor.I would recommend Bushi Kai or Zen Do Kai, but if your not in Australia or New Zealand you may have some difficulty finding some one who teaches these styles.These styles also usually have separate classes available to everyone in Muay Thai and BJJ/Submission/Shoot wrestling.If you can't find one of these i would suggest Kempo or Enshin or another freestyle Karate.

Answer 6

Pretty much all of them are about defending yourself. The real issue is, is it appropriate to the situation at hand? Doing submission holds on a guy with a gun is a bad idea and delivering green beret style skull shattering roundhouse kicks spell L-A-W-S-U-I-T if all you're trying to do is restrain your drunk uncle albert at the family reunion.

Also realize it ain't about "winning" it's about protecting yourself. Tournaments are about winning. Defending yourself is about getting the situation done with and getting the hell out of it.

Answer 7

forget about defense. that means you are blocking and avoiding. running is the best defense.

you need offense, which involves both minimizing personal damage while maximizing the attack.

you need to reverse the attack to stop the fight. and attack hard.

Aikido may be effective in the dojo, but the randomness of fighting can compromise the structured form of Aikido.

martial arts that teach you to get in, then get out, then get in, then get out, are teaching you to get beat up. street fighting is a one way advancing attack, and you need to ensure you are the one advancing. fighting is not chess, where the people take turns. tournaments are like that. tit for tat.

and that is why black belts get beaten, because they believe life outside the trophy's and certificates is the same as life inside the dojo.

you need to shop around.

I would suggest a close combat theme, but there are too many frauds. some of us got lucky.
the key to close combat is that you rush the person and dont stop the attack of multiple blows until it is over.

think I talk sh!t? wait and see what happens if you all believe defense is the key to winning. it may be within the safe structure of the dojo. where you know what your opponent is capable of, but no one fights like that if they fight a good fighter.

I have seen many martial artists start swinging haymakers in a panic when they lose emotional illusions of their spinning kicks worth. I know they are martial artists because they like to tell people before they fight, or even strike a pose.

I was trained traditional too in my early years, and know its worth, but you have to change your ideals to adapt to life outside the dojo.

you shouldnt train to be good inside, but outside.

I enjoyed Muay Thai for its brutal and simple attacks, and it uses elbows and knees. I have used these to my advantage. it still has tit for tat qualities, but if you just change your mindsets and go straight in and overwhelm your attacker you will have instantly increased your odds of winning.

winning isnt a certain style, it is a way of acting. it is not the gun that kills, but the man using it.

edit: to people who love the believe that TKD can give you protection, look at this: http://www.yousendit.com/download/bFlIZm1jNnlveE41VEE9PQ
even though it is still under competition rules, the advancing nature of the Muay Thai guy overwhelms the TKD guy. and the power kicks that cripple the leg are also better than trying to kick heads. but at the end of the day, the head kick wins. after all, it is a competition. this is only one guy vs another, and cant be seen as the definitive muay thai is better argument, but it does serve my purpose of showing the difference in point sparring vs aiming to cripple.

and GKR Karate? can you spell McDojo? it is a business. I looked into it and they said they would pay me to sell the product (GKR) in exchange for free lessons and commission on sales. I told them that though I had experience it was not in their style, and to that they said "thats ok, the customer wont know"... I walked away realising that the McDojo's had finally arrived in Godzone New Zealand. selling franchise opportunities and commissioned sales is just too obvious, regardless of its foundations. My sister did it for a while and I never stopped her, but she found out her own way that it was not what she wanted. experience is the best teacher, and if you havent trained outside of your only art, you dont know any different. no shame in that.

Answer 8

All martial arts are supposed to be based on self defense.Try Jujitsu or Goju-Ryu.If you can find a good sensei,and dojo.

Answer 9

I will go with MMA(Mix Martial Arts).

Answer 10

All of them have both defensive and offensive techniques. Aikido and judo are supposed to be more defense then attack though.