Best Martial Arts combo!

iLost

What do you think is the best martial arts combo to learn?
for self defense?

Muay Thai & BJJ?
Wrestling & Kickboxing?
Karate & Judo?


I believe the very best combo is Boxing/Judo/BJJ
This way you're covered in every aspect of fighting,

Stand up (Boxing)
Grappling and throws (Judo)
Ground (BJJ)

Can you think of a better combo?

SEANoftheDEAD

Traditional Jiu-Jitsu covers all three. Including the nasty element, like biting, eye gouging, low blows etc...

Peetrik

iLost wrote: »

I believe the very best combo is Boxing/Judo/BJJ
This way you're covered in every aspect of fighting

In fairness, unless you've actually studied all the arts you've discarded or selected as being the best then its all just guesswork and the debate can only really be a style vs style popularity discussion.

If you're training stand up then you're neglecting groundwork and vice versa. However if you split your training then the best you can hope for is to be excellent at neither, just ok at both and even then you'd be neglecting the grey area in between standing and ground.

IMO, MMA has had a lot of time, money and research put into being the best combo of everything. If I wanted to be a good all rounder I wouldn't combine two or more arts to try and find the best combo I would just train MMA.

da-bres

utopianruins wrote: »

Traditional Jiu-Jitsu covers all three. Including the nasty element, like biting, eye gouging, low blows etc...

You are having a laugh

OP Concentrate on arts with effective training methods, Boxing, Wrestling, BJJ, Judo, Muai Thai etc..

arybvtcw0eolkf

da-bres wrote: »

You are having a laugh

OP Concentrate on arts with effective training methods, Boxing, Wrestling, BJJ, Judo, Muai Thai etc..

Ans shin kicking!.. Don't forget the shin kicking for Christ sake :mad:

Actually looks like Judo foot sweeps!.. Oh the embarrassment

maguffin

iLost wrote: »

What do you think is the best martial arts combo to learn?
for self defense?

If you are talking self defence in terms of street violence...where it might be one or multiple attackers with one or more wielding a knife, stick or some form of weapon (such as broken bottle, syringe etc) then you will need specialist training in such methods.

I believe the very best combo is Boxing/Judo/BJJ
This way you're covered in every aspect of fighting,
Stand up (Boxing)
Grappling and throws (Judo)
Ground (BJJ)

Do any of these teach you how to deal with multiple armed attackers?
This is the question you need to ask yourself before training in any form of martial art for self defence purposes.

SEANoftheDEAD

da-bres wrote: »

You are having a laugh

OP Concentrate on arts with effective training methods, Boxing, Wrestling, BJJ, Judo, Muai Thai etc..

I never said it was better or anything, I just said that it covers all that the OP wanted and a little more, like some dirty tactics and weapons training... which when it comes to self-defence that for me has to be one of the best all-rounders...

Just my opinion, I'm sure with a bit of dedication and hard work, all of the above will benefit you in a self-defence situation.

Stephen_King

maguffin wrote: »

Do any of these teach you how to deal with multiple armed attackers?
This is the question you need to ask yourself before training in any form of martial art for self defence purposes.

In a way your right-you should also ask the instructor of your new art will you be able to fend off hoards of slash hook waving pikeys. If he says yes, the chances are he's talking out of his hole and you should steer clear.

No martial art will be able to teach you to 'deal' with multiple armed attackers. They might be able to sketch over some ideas and strategy, but that’s about it. There are far too many variables to cover, encounters where your outnumbered are never likely to go well.

Bres

I choose Thai-khon dancing combined with Thai boxing...
Even after being stabbed he whoops 50 attackers...

i feel an ong bak binge coming on!!!

Jason McCabe

TKD and sumo

U got yet striking and grappling sorted

pablohoney87

A combination of karate and gymnastics. AKA gymkata
maybe throw some krav maga in there to cover enough grappling to deal with an attacker who knows bjj