Muay Thai for the striking aspect, BJJ, Sambo or shootwrestling for the grappling part. Kenpo and Krav Maga are excellent IMHO.
When you learn all you can from the Muay Thai, seek an instructor to teach you Burmese Boxing (elbows, fists, knees--brutal!).
For weapons (in my book a required element) start with the filipino styles such as Kali, and move into knifework from there.
If you have a lot of time to kill and don't mind having hands that look like calloused baseball bats, then study Iron Palm...There is also a rare form of Iron Palm where the hand gets equally tough but does not have the extensive scarring.
...or you can search the world over and find someone who will teach you dim mak.![Big grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Of course, hamster style is king.
When you learn all you can from the Muay Thai, seek an instructor to teach you Burmese Boxing (elbows, fists, knees--brutal!).
For weapons (in my book a required element) start with the filipino styles such as Kali, and move into knifework from there.
If you have a lot of time to kill and don't mind having hands that look like calloused baseball bats, then study Iron Palm...There is also a rare form of Iron Palm where the hand gets equally tough but does not have the extensive scarring.
...or you can search the world over and find someone who will teach you dim mak.
![Big grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Of course, hamster style is king.