Maximum Damage with Minimal Effort and Easy To Learn: What Martial Art fits this criteria?

Question

What martial arts are extremely simple to learn and involve neutralizing/disabling attackers with minimal effort? Something that is practical in any given situation?

Answer 1

Krav Magna, Savate, or Tradional Japanese Jujitsiu

Krav Magna was created with this exact purpose in mind by the Israel Military. It was desinged to be practical and streamlined to teach soldiers.

Jujitsiu was invented by the sammurai to use in combat if they were disarmed. It was created to be practical on the battlefield in full armor, so striking is less emphasized compared to takeing down your oppenent quickly and neutralizing the threat to move on to the next opponet on the battlefield.

Savate is a french martial art designed for hand to hand combat aboard naval vessels. It emphasizes balance and aggression.

Your best bet is to go with a martial art that was designed for warfare. Typically Okinawan and Korean martial arts focus on tradtion and self defense. Chinese martial arts focus on strengthening mind and body. The Philipene martial arts are warfare arts and are practical, but are complicated and require high physical skills. The Thai/Maylasia arts martial arts are brutal and were made for warfare but are obscure and hard to find. Typical Muay Thai in the U.S. is nothing but a shell of what it is supposed to be. Brazillan Jujitsu and MMA are to focused on the sport aspect and take to long to set up. Most fights do end up on the ground, but end very quickly on the ground. All that fancy wrestling will get you no where.....

I say go with Jujitsu because it is well rounded and has 1000 years of critiqueing. I also say this because the self defense system I used in the Marines, MCMAP, heavily borrows from jujistu.

But I hope you ask for self defense and not going try to become some stpid hardass....
Martial arts are fun and give life lessons so respect the knowledge you gain.

Answer 2

Anything that suits you and what you are comfortable with. Anything can be easy if you apply yourself to it, but there is no "best" martial art. The only "best" martial art is the one you are comfortable with.

I can't give you a list of every martial art that has grapples and holds in it's teachings because there are too many to list, but i'm sure if you look around and ask other people that are in classes that learn and teach different styles you'll be able to find something you like.

Remember, there's no perfect martial art, only a martial art that you're perfect for. And I hope you attend the classes like a good student should instead of self-teaching. I was self-taught for a while and done a lot better when someone showed me the better way to do things and allowed me to grow into the pressure of bouts.

Good luck in your search and I hope you learn well, because it will take practice and sometimes the practice is not easy.

Answer 3

Each style has a different goal, and while some share techniques: What they are used for, and how they are done is what makes them different.
For example:
In Tae Kwon Do, there's various ways of "Chambering" for a kick, because it is simply the "Way of the hand and foot." Hapkido on the other hand is more defensive, and all the kicks are started in the same basic position, because your intent is to stop an opponent in their tracks, and then apply some joint locking/manipulation.

It's hard for me to answer your question, because most styles teach you to either to subdue or more (Knock out, unconscious, et cetera...) based on their nature. They are obviously different in how that goal is reached though: Whether you are doing a submission, a throw, or a strike.

I'm going to pick just one or two styles that I think might help you in what I think you are asking for.
First style: Jujutsu- The style of the Samurai. Jujutsu teaches joint-locking, submssions, some throws, and in most cases of Japanese styles (And in some styles/schools of BJJ): Some decent striking. Japanese Jujutsus make for decent all-arounders, with more emphasis on ground game and close range of course.
You could very well stop there, but if you'd like: I think you could try out a striking style if the style of jujutsu you may take doesn't cover striking very well. You can pick any style here: Just make sure you find a good school. Ask yourself what you want to do too:
Do you want to defend with kicks? Be offensive with punches? Learn various unpredictable strikes (Which may or may not be simple in nature)?

You could mix around Jujutsu with Judo too. Judo would strengthen your throwing ability, which would work well combined with jujutsu.

As for others: You can cause harm with striking too. If you find a good school with intense strike training, that might help you too. That's still not style dependent necessarily though. It all depends on how you want to disable/neutralize your opponent.

Check up on Russian Martial Arts too. I've heard some good things about Sambo and Systema for example.

Good luck.

Answer 4

The only martial art that comes to mind that was made for quick learning and effectiveness is Krav Maga. You only really have to attend for 3 months to be able to defend yourself on the streets, but of course there's nothing fancy about it... it's gritty and dirty but if you need to defend yourself it gets the job done. It's not minimal effort though, if you want to put minimal effort into defending yourself get ready to end up in a hospital... if you're lucky.

Answer 5

The only one that comes to mind is Krav Maga, which can be learned in a matter of months or even weeks. There is also CQC and HTH, but those are for military and law enforcement; they aren't taught to civilians.

Other than that, most martial arts require an investment of at least a few years before you gain any proficiency whatsoever.

Answer 6

Well for some reason, art fits can destroy and disablize attackers to invlolve the process with some effort. Thats why.

Answer 7

Using a Magnum 45.
Of course that will get you jailed - not to mention the problems you'll have coming to terms with your conscience.

Sorry if I'm being rude. I just don't have much patience for people who don't want to put effort into things. Rules of old still apply. If it comes without effort, it's not worth much.

Answer 8

Than he may not even be looking to learn a martial art, he said he was just wondering. Why bother with the lecture?

Answer 9

The Vulcan nerve pinch, all it takes is one pinch, and your opponent becomes immoblized, of course you need to have pointy ears for this to work : P

Answer 10

bjj made for the small man