Top 10 Self Defense Martial Arts Styles

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1. Krav maga is ninjutsu over simplified.

2. 1 Muay Thai
   2 BJJ
   3 Kyokoshin
   4 Krav Maga
   5 Boxing
   6 TKD
   7 Judo
   Rest is Garbadge. Save your Money

   I Practice MT & IN Past I started off with TKD

3. 1. Having private security.
   2. Parkour.
   3. A gun.
   4. Dont be in dangerous places.

4. I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination, but based on my limited knowledge and experience, for regular self defence, with relatively low skill/high inebriation fighters, I would bet on Judo, BJJ or Boxing. It seems fights like these tend to become grappling very soon, and if there is stand up fighting, it will usually be with fists. I would also like to give a nod to Aikido, which often gets a a lot of ridicule from the various "experts" on Youtube. While it may not be a good choice for MMA style fighting, or real fights against skilled opponents, I believe that if practiced the right way, it can be a useful tool in more common self-defence situations.

   Personally, I train Taekwondo these days, which I love. I also enjoyed Judo in my youth. For me, it is not primarily about self-defence, though. I have been able to avoid real fights all my life, and don't see that changing. in my opinion, the most important benefit of martial arts is self improvement.

5. That face when Krav Maga is #1, but Systema doesn't even get an Honorable Mention!! WTF??!!!!!!!!!

6. Kali? No that is Bruce lee Jeetkwondo

7. Hapkido is not that good

8. Aikido is not good

9. Thanks Bruce Lee for gived martial arts

10. Ninjutsu

11. How to join krav maga??

12. Such a biased bunch. So attacking the groins, throat and eyes is consider martial arts?. Your title should not include the word martial "ARTS" styles, it should just say "cheap shots self defense". Know the differences between "Arts" and "defense".

13. A list without the brutal efficient San Soo isn't complete. No mercy.

14. Boxing???

15. Gun Fu doesn't get an honorable mention?

16. Most people don't realize that BJJ actually stands for "Basically Just Judo" (except without takedowns)

17. No Sambo nor wrestling huh… bullshido

18. Lol… dig deeper to the core of kali.. you might surprise that all your style was there.. krav maga is taken from it.. jet kune do is not a style of martial arts.. name any martial arts older than kali… even russian systema.. is as the same as unarmed kali….. core of kali won't use any weapon at all..

19. I favorite self defense is systema aka Russia martial art but now second favorite is Krav Maga

20. Krav Maga gets ????????????…never heard of that garbage until now smh

21. I don't follow bruce lee. He took a style and modified it. He had to condition himself for his style couldn't stand alone.

22. that lethal weapon triangle is not great…

23. 7/10ths is total bullshit. Judo is fine. So is Muay Thay. BJJ works, and I would pick it over the other two (if I could only pick one).
    This is another nonsensical video.

24. No we don't…

25. Oh dear, Watchmojo didn't get the memo about Aikido. Stick to lists about movies honey

26. Ha ah ha ha ha ah ha ha Aikido and Wing Chun! This was starting to look like a top 10 fake martial arts list, but it got saved at the end

27. Pencac Silat and Muay Thai are kinda dubious as self defense are they are meant to kill your opponent not to defend yourself. Muay thai may not be as lethal as Muay Boran but its still lethal and meant to kill. This list is almost total Bullshido

28. Fucking aikido

29. Judo's 柔not means gentle way.It's soft way,not gentle and can be forceful but their force is not the dumb full hard direct crash force.It's more to use of maximum kinetic force sciense by using angle force and turning force which originate from Chinese martial arts.

30. JU-JITSU OR Aki jitsu or better still free spirit ju-jitsu mixed kung fu. Give it all ya got mix it up and find whats best for you, we are all built and perform differently

31. Is this about winning a fight? Or surviving a self-defense situation?

    If it's a fight, pick your poison. If it's self defense, I go with tai chi. I've practiced tai chi for almost 20 years now, along with another twenty in kung fu, plus some tae kwon do, hapkido, judo and wrestling. Why tai chi? It may surprise you, but it's the same self defense philosophy as Krav Maga. Get inside, balls, throat, eyes.

    As a side note, I use it in sparring every week and it's very effective against all kicking disciplines. Not as good vs Muay Thai and Wing Chun. The range doesn't bother them.

32. U dont say kataaa its kata

33. 12:17 he kicked the existence out of him

34. Any judo guy would fuck up an aikido guy ?

35. Don’t forget about the kami school of martial arts!

36. what about drunken boxing ?! hehe

37. Yeah yeah..Don't pick fights..Learn how to grapple..

38. Damn no kenpo?

39. Watch McDojo.

40. I honestly can’t believe bjj and judo were on this going to the ground is not good and Imi Linchenfield wasn’t Hungarian he was Czech

41. Kyokushin is way overrated, you could have a better performance with something like Goju Ryu or Shotokan karate, Kyokushin only improves the body, but their technics are really lower tier if you compare them to any other Karate school.

42. Where are kung fu and karate? ??

43. Great video. I was going to do something similar on my channel but make it instructional.

44. So where does boxing place in

45. All are best

46. My favorites are Ameri-Do-Te and Kung Pow

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