I want to be able to defend myself on the streets.?
I live in partial ghetto — drug dealers, gang members and so on.
I’m pretty well fit but I have no fighting experience.
What is a good fighting type (that’s basic) that i should invest learning?
Something that I can start my base of training and improve from there?
By type I mean Kickboxing, Muay Thai, etc.
Editorial: So that I can defend myself when it comes to close quarter combat.
Realistically, the best tactic you have is to run, this is because if 10 guys are approaching you with evil intent, you only have to outrun the fastest one and all the rest will not be able to catch you either.
However, if you want to fight then as soon as there are 2 or more of them involved you will lose, also muggings usually happen with some kind of weapon like a knife, and the martial arts teachers will always tell you not to even try self defence if knives are involved because you only require a 1 inch blade to kill someone. Blade disarming techniques are only practised by top masters and even then science studies have shown that when you are in danger you will have very high adrenalin and not be able to correctly remember or perform your self defence techniques.
Most martial arts are more like dancing, you need the correct choreography so if your opponent did something you did not expect then you will be on a wrong footer.
However, if you still insist on learning one then try one with efficient moves, not those show-off style ones with handstands and flying kicks, they are for the movies.
Some people combine Wing Chun with BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) these are popular in the MMA circuit, the reason for 2 is that wing chun is all about very close quarter fighting, you could do it in a phonebox – it was designed by a woman so it is good for using against bigger opponents and is very economical in its motions, however main failing of Wing Chun is that the strikes are meant to disable and damage opponents very quickly and win straight away, as such there is no floor-fighting component, if you go down you have no moves, that’s what BJJ is for, that is mostly locks, holds, floor-fighting. Another problem with Wing Chun is you can’t spar with your friends with proper strikes because they aim to do proper damage with strikes to face, throat, etc, you could practise the movements but not actual hits like in boxing… but as I say if you learn one of these then still best bet is to run away and only try using it if there is no escape and you have exhausted all other routes.
btw if you want to get killed or arrested then listen to that idiot who says carry a knife around for self defence…
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