what is a good martial art for self defense?

Answer 1

Krav Maga quickest

Systema the best and deeper

http://youtube.com/watch?v=O7_dzu4TQDs

Answer 2

Any traditional martial arts is potentially good for self-defense, dependant upon what you consider self-defense to be and upon the skills and ability of the instructor you select as your mentor and guide.

If you are seeking to take up a martial art, forget about the discipline, system, or style and seek out an instructor and school that appeals to you and welcomes you. Any taditional discipline will teach you much with regard to self-defense philosophy, concepts, techniques, strategies, and protocols.

The real search is to find an instructor you like and trust, a school within a suitable distance, a group of fellow students you will look forward to training with, and a fee structure you can afford. If you can find those things, you will have found a good martial art for self-defense. Visit the schools in you are and chat with the instructors and students. You will be very lucky if you find two or three that really appeal to you.

As everyone is different and everyone seeks different thing from training, no-one on this forum can really tell you what will suit your personality and goals. You must decide that for yourself.

Good luck.

Ken C
9th Dan HapMoosaKi-Do
8th Dan TaeKwon-Do
7th Dan YongChul-Do

Answer 3

If you need to learn to protect yourself right away then you should learn something like Krav Magra as they teach you how to forget about any doubts and just do unto others before they do unto you.

Jeet kune do is a good one that encompasses different aspects of fighting effectively.

If you are looking for life and death self defense and don't have the time to train a lot then you really need to find a class that teaches you how to use eye gouges, palm heels to the face, throat strikes, groin grabs and scratching and biting without all of the forms and fluff.

Learning one good technique is all you really need most times and just practice it over and over. You should really learn the psychology of self defense also, because knowledge is your best weapon.

I have a squidoo lens that can show you the advantages and disadvantages of different martial arts out there.

Answer 4

Man, pure self defense is not a difficult thing to train for. The biggest step in real self defense is being completely committed to the idea that you can, and will, maim another human being in order to be safe. Once you come to that realization, any martial art you choose to apply yourself to will become applicable to self-defense.

Real gritty self defense, technique wise, involves punching to the throat, gouging eyes, pulling off an ear, kneeing to the groin, stomping on the side of the knee, and so on. Furthermore, any self-defense program worth its salt will help your awareness level. The best way to defend yourself is to not get into situations that require you to fight at all and that requires training in how to carry yourself and otherwise make yourself less of a target for violence.

A martial arts style (though I'm being generous with that term) that is well-grounded in self defense is krav maga. However, in that art, you have to be careful of locating a good instructor. Krav maga suffers from being flooded with poorly trained instructors whose credentials are sorely lacking.

Other good self defense arts are kali/escrima (they teach primarily stick fighting, but a bright practioner will see unarmed applications as well), and Brazilian jiujitsu (though BJJ is poorly suited, particularly in its sport form, in dealing with weapons or multiple attackers.

In any event, you should find a school that you like, but be sure to research the instructors. The link I'm giving you is a tool that I'm sure you'll find useful in doing so.

Good luck.

Answer 5

Okay to the person who said submission and muay thai you dont know what self-defense is. Those are fighting styles. A true self-defense style is kenpo. Research it on wikipedia but it has many techniques and everything has a practical application. As you go through the belt ranks you will reciever over 300 self-defense techniqur. If you find a true and real kenpo school thats what you should do for self defense our school does kenpo ,go shin jitsu, and sombo for those want to grapple to add to their training. Check out our site at www.fmackarate.com

Answer 6

I am currently a yellow belt in taekwondo. And I feel that its the best martial arts there is. I have been doing taekwondo for over 5 months and I will be testing for my next yellow belt next month hopefully.

Taekwondo has been available for over 300 years or more.

Answer 7

Any martial art can be used for effective self defense. I prefer kajukenbo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9axWGXOTV8

Answer 8

Any style can be effective. Your best bet would be to focus on the teacher and not so much the style. What kind of a background does he/she have?

Secondly, effort places a huge factor. If one combatant trains 10 times harder than an other he'll be the victor

Answer 9

Any martial art that you creative explore and train 110% capacity. Or you can take a self-defense course at the YMCA.....LOL..its up to your work ethic my friend. The best stylist is the one who traines harder

Answer 10

Kenpo Karate or Hapkido it is a advance martial art similar to Kenpo Karate.

Answer 11

For self defense, I'd say Haganah F.I.G.H.T. system or Krav Maga...but be careful, there are a lot of studios offering Krav maga and once your there, they force their own system on you as well..Go to a single system studio, if you want to learn that system.