What is the best martial art for self-defense?

Here is what I think the best martial art for self-defense is, and which ones you should stay clear of.
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[@fakename3042]

This was extremely educational.

[@honkler1443]

Before watching the video I would say any full contact fighting sport is good enough muay thai, boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, kudo, sambo. Any one of them will do good enough for you to defend yourself to be honest. I would add that it is always good to have a standard protocol for self defense too and most life and death situations can be avoided just by acting right. Most fighters I know never needed to use martial arts for self defence, they just de-escalate the situation or avoid some situations before it is too late. Saying I am sorry is an awsome self defence tool Having good posture is an awsome self defence tool Keeping calm and colected is an awsome self defence tool Almost all of them doesn't require martial arts training.

[@Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA]

In my experience For self defense on street, one doesn't need to train anything or aquire any particular fighting skill. All one needs, is kick/knee/elbow to the balls, eye gauge and headbutt. That's it. This doesn't go to say that having MMA training of any sort type of kind does not help, it does definitely help in this self-defense Street scenario however it is not necessary.

[@MMACoach79]

It is true that many street fights have been finished with a "lowly" headbutt, and also with the other methods you mentioned. But that works mostly as a surprise attack in the beginning (most street fights are short). If the fight becomes longer, and people start exchanging blows, that's when you need proper fighting skills.

[@Anthony-nd7ld]

Sambo has takedown striking and also headbutt so it’s very very productive

[@christopherbarham4402]

The problem is, is you can’t really find Sambo gyms, at least I can’t. I’ve been training Muay Thai for a year and want to add wrestling or judo next.

[@Anthony-nd7ld]

@@christopherbarham4402 fair enough, you definitely right mixing freestyle wrestling and Thai boxing is perfect

[@rudkun1822]

hey coach, im from india 25 yearsold and want to know what is the best self defense ma and for attacking bjj is good but has its cons. all I want to know is which should I learn so I can defend my fam if in any case against multiple opon. I'm active and athletic. but I can only learn from online because of my situations

[@HK-cq6yf]

A lot of the focus here seems to be on self-defence through offence/attacking. How would this change if you want to train self defence without necessarily injuring or maiming the opponent? For example, if the self-defence laws in your area are such that you could be prosecuted, or if you are a police officer and want to subdue the opponent without excess force? I guess on top of striking footwork and distance management, you would train wrestling/takedown defence, clinch control, and BJJ for if you get taken down?

[@CyclingMartialartswithMusic]

3:57 Agreed 100%. Avoid streetfighting at all cost. A "Kru" born and raised in thailand mentioned that to me. A "professor" from Rio mentioned that to me. I totally agree with it.

[@MMACoach79]

Only when you have no other option. And there are almost always other options

[@theeuropeanman]

Hello For personal reasons, I can only go to martial arts once a week. My only choice is between striking and wrestling or wrestling and grappling. What is better? My goal is self-defense.

[@suplexed]

Just do boxing. Though you're probably not gonna get much of anything out of just once a week. If you train any kind of grappling or wrestling only once a week it would take you AGES to get even remotely decent, and trying to train two at once would be more or less impossible. Boxing is probably best if you don't have much time to train, but your best bet would be to find more time.

[@MMACoach79]

It is really difficult to progress with just one time per week. Maybe if you do one or two more sessions alone repeating what you've learned in that one class you had. Like @gigolokano1917 says, give boxing a go.

[@marincuculic1020]

What is your opinion on Krav Maga? Is it a good option if you spar regularly?

[@lamertofar8gaming443]

Mma is the best

[@martial-love6055]

The best for self defence thing is 8 cm sharp edge for 20 euros

[@goran1986m]

The problem in my opinion here in Serbia is that a lot of trainers have a bad reputation for pushing little children to their limits ... Martial arts should not be only available for the toughest and most talented children... Some of the trainers even have the reputation of being criminals and i would like to send my kids to these kind of gyms

[@MMACoach79]

Then don't. There are plenty of gyms with great coaches. For kids, you can't go wrong with Judo, and the chances of a kid's Judo coach being a criminal are almost 0.

[@lamertofar8gaming443]

Khabib, islam, Ronda rousey have great judo.

[@todaysgrailtomorrowsbeater]

stin ellada eisai?

[@Tommy-kv2tc]

The reason there are no Krav Maga competitions is that people would be killed or maimed. Genuinely curious - have you ever fought anyone trained in this?

[@billusher2265]

why is mma hard to learn

[@MMACoach79]

Because it is a combination of several combat sports + MMA specific moves + it's extremely taxing on the body and scary too.

[@billusher2265]

@@MMACoach79 can you make a video on mma specific moves