Most effective for street fighting?

alexjholland


If you're serious about street fighting, you need to get some underpants to wear over your trousers and a cape.

Yes and a sidekick,...kapowwwwwwww!!

http://www.kravmaga-northernireland.org/index.htm

yeh lol, any dressmakers among yous ??? lol

Ron Jeremy


I think the main point here is - dont street fight. You will end up either seriously hurt, or you'll go too far without meaning to and go inside for GBH or manslaughter. In my profession I've seen both many times.
 
If you really must fight, then do MMA. Best for MMA? Learn BJJ for groundfighting. Learn Judo or freestyle wrestling for takedowns. And learn Muay Thai for stand up. Nothing is more powerful. If you want the ultimate MA combos then thats it there.
 
If you just want to learn a martial art then Judo all the way. Its a full sport which bodybuilders have an advantage in providing you learn the art properly. Its got a massive competition structure going up to the olympics and its something you can grade in to gauge progress.
 
If you really must streetfight, nothing more than the basics in martial arts will make any difference unless you're like a 5th Dan in my opinion. If you're hard, you're hard. If you're not, you're not. Its in your head. What you can take, how aggressive AND sensible you are and more importantly, if you're LUCKY!
 
Krav Maga has a great aim - Cause as much damage as quickly and efficiently as you can with minimal effort.
 
Another main point - Fitness. If you get winded you lose. If they run out of breath first, you win. But street fights dont normally go that long.
 
Stay sober for focus and if you really get in trouble and have to - Do what you have to do and whats justified as quick and hard as you can possibly do it. Take out the hardest one in whatever way you need to. Balls, throat, elbow, headbutt whatever. Then as soon as you're safe, stop. Or you'll invite prison.
 
For training - Get as strong as you can. Get as fit as you can. Find someone who can box/kick/knee/elbow, get them to teach you basics, then punch and kick the bag in circuits and make it as fast and hard as possible over time.
 
BUT - Just do judo or MMA mate. Much better.

Good post

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

yeah avoiding a fight always best , but i have been in a couple that couldnt been avoided

i do jujitsu and mma
fighted to guys at once one was boxer other hadnt a clue , jujitsu really helped me take two guys down without hitting them  just throws.
but krava maga is the **** man , check it on youtube , very good .
but personaly just last night i  got reached for in the neck and lapel threw him, i could of easily arm bared him, or gillotine.

basically the best thing to have going into a street fight is confidence , we are all different , so no martial art is the best its whatever your the best in , that will defend yourself

there are plenty of reality based instructors using real fighting techniques. as everyone else suggests fighting on the street is not the way to go.

do you need to improve your confidence?
do you want to learn how to defend yourself?

either way before you embark make sure you are doing if for the right reasons.

as long as your not looking to look for a row every friday night after a few beers i can put you in touch with someone just depending on where you live. as i know quite a few around the country.

"If you want to be successful, it's just this simple: Know what you're doing. Love what you're doing. And believe in what you're doing."

-- Will Rogers

THANKS FOR ALL THE REPLIES.

yeh im not going out looking fights lol, i just want to be able to defend myself, my friends and my family, should push come to shove.

the reason i didnt say " best for self defense" instead of street fiten is that i thought that wud avoid some of the " best self defense is avoid a fight" etc.  While this is vital information, i just meant the most effective and useful should i find myself in a certain situation.

again thanks for all the replies guys

im ex UK army where fighting is a daily occurnace.  Also a door man of some 10 years since leaving the army.

Im that time I have seen highly trained lads in JJ, boxing whatever get pummled of kebab eating townies just because the townie was harder inside.
I think street fighting is from within and training can only help you with this.

Also it is worth noting a few things.

1 - Most street fights are over in a max of 1 min.  (may seem like the but it isnt)
2 - Multiple opponents dont stand round in a ring and attack one after the other whilst Bruce Lee takes on one after the other. No they rush you and if your in my job you'd do well to shut yourself in behind the door because there is no way I can fight and win 10 people.
3 - Train in UFC as much as you like but any round driven with rules sport will fail on the Street.  I have seen BJJ lads do great against one opponent but then get a bottle across the back of his head of one of the crowd. Not fair but life isnt fair and neither is fighting.

I HATE this forum software!! The old one was miles better!!  Even my spell checker wont work on this!!

As a punishment, you will all have to put up with my pants spelling as I refuse to keep cutting and pasting to MS word and back.

realy u want something  that ppl dont know as everyone as done at least 2 in there time ,although jewjitsu and kravmaga and aikido rock !!!, spared with a mate that studys passed teacher training in aikido and i was shocked :( lol  all i do now is mma and thai boxing (ex karate all styles when i was a kid n judo and  boxing  for a few years), every art has there place u have to do boxing or kboxing for every art or ur ko'd (i'll get bad rep for that am sorry but tryd n tested where i stay  ) might just be the way am taught (includes foo got too love the monkey claw lol , lots of trapping, no give aways etc)but am orange 3rd belt only in kboxing trained in it for over 1 year and he's bad for letting ppl pass belts ! unlike lots of places , had a friendy with the brown belt in taekwondo in class next door 38 year old studyd  for years n he had no chance there fast but u see it coming unlike my jab hook cross conbo:D they cant block thats all it took ask a tdo guy/or grl to train with there kicks slowly ie tai chi kicking at a target and there dead in the water half the hight they norm kick  they strugle  although might just be the training were i stay lol , iv learnt a lot from boxing  and kickbxn id advise everyone to train in that for at least a year or two am going too study kravmaga and aikido in a year or two but also stay with my mma as my instructer has lots of belts under him plus  cantonese stick and knife fighting next cant wait till next grading to start that :D

ps if u cant defend ,punch or kick prop u cant fight
fast *power and balance thats what counts look into body mechanics ;D

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thanks psilocybe but thats the wrong guy to learn from  (btw lmao)

reps evad !
RE: thai boxing may be ok but things like roundhouses, etc are not recommended in a street fight, nothing above the hip is as far as i know (in terms of kicks)    

unless uv not any choice high kicks are last choice i work my way up lol  
 better to block and lock than get into legal issues (even if ur defending its up to courts to deside and if hes got a black eye etc it will look worse for you  )

scottishkboxr


thanks psilocybe but thats the wrong guy to learn from  (btw lmao)

dunno if you're being sarcastic, but thats exactly the guy to learn from.....

'everybody underestimates the kick to the groin...kick to the groin...kick to the groin...kick to the groin'

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

Unconscious competance of a skill you want to develop.  Conditioning and reflexes.

Also, don't get involved - I know a guy who knew a guy that got punched in the head once on a night out in town while he was waiting for a taxi, he stood up too quickly to go for a pee 3 days later and dropped dead from a blood clot on his brain. It made the news I think.

If you have to get out of somewhere fast and exits are blocked, don't go breaking your knuckles on someones skull with your bare fist, it hurts and if you're untrained you probably won't knock the guy out.

Instead use an open palm, hit up from the bottom of the jaw and push them over with it at the same time or to the side of the head, you don't want the head to turn, you want their ear to kiss their shoulder.

But again, just avoid avoid avoid.  It's better not to go to prison or have someone's death on your conscience.

Just read a book called 'Animal Day' by Geoff Thompson, which gives an interesting insight into the ugly reality of a real life street fight, plus the skills and mindset that are essential to walking out alive.

Worth a read....

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