If you were being attacked in the street, what martial art would be the most useful to know?

get a gun...nickname it jesus

Keep in mind that you can’t whip out a heater and spray someone just because you get in a shoving match at the pub. Carrying a gun is pointless unless you can draw it and squeeze a round off accurately in less than a second.

You must ALSO know how to fight. Real men stand their ground in all situations and that includes boxing some fucker on the street corner. If you pull out a pistol and shoot an unarmed man that wants to brawl you’ll end up taking cum loads daily in a state penn for the next 20 years.

While carrying a gun is your constitutional duty, and I carry daily, its only a last resort. The vast majority of dudes carrying pistols would get knocked the fuck out with one punch. Carrying a pistol gives you a false sense of security. It keeps you off guard.

Krav Maga is worthless in a real fight.

Teaches men to fight like girls with scratching and kicking.

I prefer the smith and wesson technique, situational awareness, ie dont go where you are a target to thugs.

who wants to fight a guy with a gun?
I wouldnt

The French have a very effective system........run and hide.

of cause it helps because your body is in good condition you can do anyone of them. Or just do mma

Last Edited by Drlightshow on 02/05/2019 07:27 AM

Kempo is one of the more practical martial arts for real world scenarios.

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You’ve never been in a real fight.

GUN FU

Boxing.
And not just “boxing”.
Mike Tyson Boxing.

.45? Isnt that about the size of a bb or a pellet?

I doubt you were either since you’re American and judging by replies here you all use guns which is a bitch way to deal with the problem. Any gimp can use a gun and dominate a fighter but it’s still wimps way to deal with the problem. If you don’t know how to use your fists you’re no man. No gun can convince you to be one.

run-fu .

I agree 100% - except I was taught Judo instead of wrestling. They both compliment boxing brilliantly, and form the basis of what we know now as MMA

And also Vale Tudo

Must Thai is good but you need to be in your 20's to train. It destroys your bones if you are older

Springfield Armory XD45

21 foot fu.

Are you being sarcastic?
Its a big powerful round.

All street fights end up on the ground in less than 10 seconds. I boxed competitively for 6 years. Got in at least 10 fist fights before I graduated HS. Went to a mixed school. Boxing is pretty much worthless in a real fight.

Wrestling is probably one of the most important skills you’ll need in a real fight. But it should be combined with skills from other techniques.

It is why Krav Maga is superior. It teaches you last resort methods. My qualifying test in Krav had 3 instructors attack me with knives. I had to take their weapons and deliver death blows to each of them and do it in about 3 seconds.

If you have no formal fight experience then Krav Maga will take awhile to really button down. Most dudes in my Krav class already had black belts. Krav is the perfect compliment to an already accomplished fighter. But it’s still good for the wanna be.

Another good method is Filipino Stick Fighting with Open Hand Aspect. You’ve prolly seen this method in the Jason borne movies. I took some private lessons from the guy who choreographed the fight scenes in that movie. At the time he was the only instructor in the US and just happened to live in my home town of Traverde City.

In the very end though, if you aren’t naturally a vicious fighter, then no skill will save you. Since I was a kid, time would slow down for me in a fight. Or I’d see everything in slow motion while the speed of my mind remained quick. I remember my first fight and thinking this is too easy. I could see my opponent’s punch coming in slow motion and had time to consider different moves I might want to do. It was this natural ability that propelled me into competitive fighting from early on in my childhood.

In HS I’d get in fights with the blacks and basically just toy with them as I chopped their face up like wet meat.

Origami, without a doubt!!

Some dude threatens me one night with a knife and says give me your money bitch!

I folded him up so fast and put him in the front pocket of his jeans. He never stood a chance!

Martial arts is everything that I was. Unfortunately, I can't practice anymore do to chronic health problems.

But, the best martial art there is, is Yin Style Bagua. In the beginning, I studied every martial art there was. None of them, even came close to YSB.

If you want to be a great martial artist and not be polluted with the modern animalistic style of Mixed Martial Arts ( in my opinion, does not teach true martial arts at all), Yin Style Bagua will be your greatest ally.

I am biased, but I have done many other fighting arts and Silat is the meanest and street oreinted. Muay Thai (esp. Pahayuth or Ladrit) and Krav are good as well, but don’t get as deep into meachanics as Silat A Silat player always has a blade at hand. It can be learned without punishing your own body. Kicks must be delivered groin or below and done in such a way where you do not sacrifice your balance. Also learn how to hit a bag well. There is online Silat training, since teachers are few and far between.
Gun should be part of your asenal also, but sometimes trouble is too close and quick for that.

Add DUCK to that... any martial art can be useful IF it is understood and practiced how the SPEED works.. for that is the big clue practiced...

Gunkata!

If I tell you and you learn it, then if you lose your temper you'll end up in jail

Always have pepper spray on your person. A blast in the eyes and that Kung Fu Kook is done for.