1v1 with less than 20 feet between you and a skilled fighter the gun loses on draw and fire tests. My favorite is hwarang do for people that relied on a boxing type format. A it teaches you a ton of throws joint locks and is well versed (father art of Tae Kwon Do) in kicks and punches.
Hwarang do Short of Shaolin and Tai Chi styles is probably the most comlete martial art. Although it is not nearly as fluid as Kung Fu it's effective...Extremely effective...and fairly ruthless...youtube search Hwa Rang Do
I've been fighting for a long time......i would agree with zero of the answers above. 1 on 1 fighting....no other martial art beats Krav Maga. Period. Its something I would love to learn, but you take some major punishment in the process. The regular bumps I take doing jitz and kickboxing is enough! Well shit, you should know that being a kick boxer. Nothing like shin on shin action.
pressure point fighting, i forget the tecnical term for it.

I have been Kickboxing for years and I am looking for something to compliment this. I am wanting something real world, meaning that it has to be effective against several attackers... thanks....
P.S. the reason I don't watch the MMA stuff and UFC stuff anymore is...well..watching 2 guys spend 5 minutes rolling around on the floor wrapped up in each others legs to try and get the other one to tap out? Now female greased pig wrestling!! that's a sport
iM leaning toward Krav Maga.. I hope its offered near me./I would have to agree that Krav Maga has to be the most dangerous martial art as actually applied in a combat setting (according to the Israeli army). However, it seems very difficult to learn.
How about Sambo?
Aikido is my second favorite...does that make me completely insane? Or well 3rd but finding a legitimate Southern style SHaolin instructor is next to impossible. ps I agree on the Jits back in the gracie days it was pretty impressive watching what some of those guys were doing. Today it's like watching 2 drunks fight that are to lazy to really go at it.
I didn't see Aikido mentioned as an option. A little curious to what people think about that style other than myself.
Sorry Krav doesnt impress me I should probably research more but it seems like organized pit fighting.
Any martial art is good.
The reality of the world is 99.9% of the time if you get in a fight you are going up against an untrained opponent. People piss and speculate... but the reality is there aren't a lot of ninja out there looking for a fight. What you really get is a nuts homeless guy, or a barroom drunk who thinks he is a bad ass, or some crack head trying to grab a purse... and none of them know jack. They don't train. They don't know how to throw a punch. And they go down in less than 5 seconds.
Simply studying anything teaches you to coordinate your body so that you can fight more effectively. I see guys all the time dis one style and praise another... but in the real world I've seen people knocked out by every style of martial arts there is.
It doesn't matter what you practice. It just matters that you do practice.

1v1 with less than 20 feet between you and a skilled fighter the gun loses on draw and fire tests. My favorite is hwarang do for people that relied on a boxing type format. A it teaches you a ton of throws joint locks and is well versed (father art of Tae Kwon Do) in kicks and punches.
Hwarang do Short of Shaolin and Tai Chi styles is probably the most comlete martial art. Although it is not nearly as fluid as Kung Fu it's effective...Extremely effective...and fairly ruthless...youtube search Hwa Rang Do
Oh I am not saying I am going to start charging some guy with a gun..but if he is within a step or 2 and doing what most morons do which is lift their shirt showing Hey I have a gun..I'm gonna run up grab your chin and spin your head like a top.
lol I wouldn't mind doing that. I just think the odds are against that...but...even a .38 going off in the proximity of your cackenbalz would really make a nervous huh?

marshall studies after WWIIKids really.
Guns are good for what they are good for but they are not the end all and be all of fighting. I have a friend that is an IPSC Class "A" shooter. He's very fast with a pistol. I told him that he can have a pistol pointed at my head and if he is within my circle I can disarm him before he can pull the trigger. I did it ten out of ten times. And that's not draw and fire that with the pistol pointed at me.
Generally under pressure people will miss. Saw a thing on TV about a real life event. A cop was going into a store. A bad guy the cop knew was coming out. They saw each other over the hood of a car. They both pulled their pistols and started firing across the hood of the car. Both emptied their pistols ( that's thirteen rounds each) and nobody was hit. The Army did a study to compare rounds fired to rounds that hit. They came up with 1000 rounds fired to get 7 rounds that hit. If that is the standard ratio you have to fire 143 rounds to expect one hit. It's small wonder 13 rounds didn't hit a guy over the hood of a car. And for all you target range warriors remember what Bruce Lee said "boards don't fight back" The same goes for paper targets.
The Marines use a laser system on their rifles to play war games. They thought it would be fun to go up against the local paint ball club. They got their asses handed to them. This pissed them off so they got their shit together and did it again. They got their asses handed to them again. They realized their laser system didn't prepare them for having something actually coming at then. Even if it was only a paintball. The internal fear of being struck, you can see the paint ball coming at you, was causing their minds to forget their training. Winning in a fighting is in controlling your mind.
The best way to control a group of people is to control their minds. Of course this means you have to be in control of your own. And from what I've seen here I don't think there are many here that can do that. To control your own mind means to control your emotions as well as not having fear. ( for all of you that got piss off at what I just said have no control of your mind ) and so ends the lesson.
Kali/Escrima. Its one of the few arts that still remains true to its original combative history. You learn weapons simultaneously with empty hands. I've been doing martial arts for over 24 years and have yet to find a style that's more effective in real situations on a regular basis. Were I to choose a single art to study, it would be Kali/Escrima without hesitation.
Look at it this way. How many other styles will have instructors with knife scars from actual death matches?
Kickboxing is great for basics, which is what the majority of fighting actually is. Any grappling (Sombo, JiuJitsu, Wrestling) art will be mediocre at best against multiple attackers. A traditional art (Hwa Rang Do, Shaolin, Tai Chi) won't really compliment your kickboxing training very well. Pressure point fighting (Ryukyu Kempo, etc.) is good, if you have a couple decades to dedicate to it. Krav Maga is good but its the method of training, not the techniques. Its very basic but trained at a high intensity. Like I said, I would suggest Kali/Escrima, but make sure you find a credible instructor and not someone that's just arbitrarily swinging a stick around.
I saw a couple of articles years back about the "dog brothers" and some real pics about their training with Kali/Escrima impressive stuff indeed, but also nuts, it all depends how bad you want it!
The Dog Brothers do Pekiti Tersia Kali. There are thousands of "styles" of Kali in the world, but its all in how you train. That's why Krav Maga, being fairly basic, is so effective. It's the intensity level you train at.
See, the thing with grappling (JiuJitsu, etc) is that you can essentially train "full contact" all the time. You stop when your partner taps out. There are not many striking arts that allow you to train as close to "all out" as possible. The nice thing about Kali/Escrima is that its full of drills that can be done at high speed with heavy contact. Mind you, these are drills and not sparring. They build on one another and translate directly into sparring though.
I could honestly probably list over 100 different styles with pros and cons for each of them. I just think Kali/Escrima is the most well-rounded, true to itself, and quickly learned. At least, of the many styles that I've personally come across.
Todd
PPCT (Pressure Point & Control Tactics)
Most deadly i'd hve to say "Mexican Judo"![]()

Judo know if I gotta gun, Judo know if I gotta knife, judo know if my vatos are around the corner...![]()
Bro measure out 19 feet. Actually..before your John Wayne self even goes that far Mr Doc Holladay...
Krav magra is a really interesting modern martial art. For my taste I prefer martial arts that can be practiced for a lifetime without scarring bones joints tendons. yes it's effective however other than the fight dirty mentality it's not proven itself to be any more lethal hand to hand combat than any form of martial art. It has a different mentality and that's the limit of the advantage imho.
compare that the the fighting styles of Korea, Japan, Brazil, China and you'll see fighting systems that were designed to fight wars hand to hand. (Shaolin monks fought off multiple attackers with knives swords and spears.. Yes their dedication was second to none not to simplify the Monks ability.)
21 foot rule is something I was taught in the military and after the military in personal security. If the gun is already drawn and aimed..no your not going to beat his finger. The trial or test is can you draw and fire a shot before I can get to you with a knife or punch. The answer is no! Look it up and you'll find information.I know most people believe that a gun wins all but surprisingly it's relatively slow to draw and aim.
First look up how many shots are typically fired in a fire fight and how many typically hit any targets.(I don't include targts shooting at cars with 100 rounds they might as well just throw a grenade inside but hey..
Then look up how many police officers have been shot with their own gun from an unarmed assailant.
Mui Thai is extremely effective 1v1 but you don't see it in mma for a reason. Tae Kwon Do and Mui Thai and boxing among several other sports are very limited in their attack methodology.
UFC and MMA fighters are good tough guys with solid conditioning and a well trained punch. Good wrestling basics,2 kicks to their repetoire and a desire to be famous.
The most lethal fighters in the world aren't allowed to use their normal attacks in UFC and MMA type fights. WHy? because most of those attacks were originally designed to be maim and destroy, which is why you don't see their styles/tactics or disciplines represented in MMA and main stream media.
P.S. the reason I don't watch the MMA stuff and UFC stuff anymore is...well..watching 2 guys spend 5 minutes rolling around on the floor wrapped up in each others legs to try and get the other one to tap out? Now female greased pig wrestling!! that's a sport
It's a proven fact a knife will own you at 21 feet or less if you are trying to draw and fire in a high stress situation.
Walking my stride is roughly 30 inches almost 3 feet I break out into a run and that's probably close to 5 or 6 feet maybe 4 steps? Including a 28 inch arms reach to grab the weapon you are not moving closer to me by pointing it. Don't need to dodge just straight at them focused on one hand on the weapon other into the throat with a piercing weapon
PS
I'm gonna throw a brick in the machien
Wing Chun
If I wanna go to jail for life, I'll use a gun, even tho I'm trained in the civilian and the security version of krav maga.
If I'm doing doors, I'm using wrestling and a street-modified kind of BJJ. No evidence = no court-case
If I'm outnumbered, I'll call for back-up and try to stall with talking, make sure I don't get surrounded and try to keep my distance.
If stalling doesn't work, I'll just go berserk but I'm still very much fucked.
If I'm injured and can find out their names or where they live, my lawyer will get me a new Porsche.
If I run into a bullet or a knife, I die a honorful death.
I have been Kickboxing for years and I am looking for something to compliment this. I am wanting something real world, meaning that it has to be effective against several attackers... thanks....
Are you high? Muay thai and BJJ are pretty much a must in the mma world. I can not belive you just said "you dont see it in mma for a reason".
You are probably one of those people that belives in wing chun/akido/chi bullshit. For fucks sake, hit a gym and learn somthing.
Are you high? Muay thai and BJJ are pretty much a must in the mma world. I can not belive you just said "you dont see it in mma for a reason".
You are probably one of those people that belives in wing chun/akido/chi bullshit. For fucks sake, hit a gym and learn somthing.
Why does it need to be the 'deadliness'? You don't need to kill someone to defend yourself.
I'd have to say the deadliest martial arts are:
Stealth Bomber Pilot Training
Nuclear Submarine Fire Control Officer Training
ICBM Fire Control Officer Training
Training in these martial arts would give one the ability to kill millions of people in minutes. Even if they all do Krav Maga.
Sorry bro, maybe 5'. LOL. If you're 19'away ill blow your mother fucking head off. No contest. Game over. Have a even th old cowboy knew to make sure tht u had room to shot plz dont act tuff just listen u might learn something
I have been Kickboxing for years and I am looking for something to compliment this. I am wanting something real world, meaning that it has to be effective against several attackers... thanks....
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