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Top 10 Self Defense Martial Arts Styles

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Aaron Niessink says:

Brazilian jujitsu and krav maga are my favorites and most practical in my opinion

Georgi Chalakov says:

Wing Tsun

Frans Holmberg says:

I need tips from you guys.. i want to start with martial arts (BJJ) for submission. But for punch and kicks. What should i takr? Muyi thai? Kung FU?

redkod AE says:

how about martial arts that only focuses on pressure points I did that with Thai Boxing (muia Thai) and teakwando sorry if I spelled it wrong but really effective when getting in seriously close combat or quick finish

Matt Damon says:

here is my list
1. Krav Maga
2. Jeet Kune Do
3. Wing Chun
4. Kali
5. Pencak Silat
6. Aikido
7. Hapkido
8. Muay Thai
9. Capoeira
10. Judo

Adrian Matera says:

im dissapointed 🙁 no shorin ryu karate at all , only much younger kyokoushin .

Petko Pele Marković says:

5th place is good but insert from film Blode and boon is tai chi

ryan peterson says:

Aikido is my fave xD

Daniel Gonzalez Suarez says:

Whoever wrote the script for this video REALLY likes the word "utilize", right?

It's the one and only Me says:

my had 2 b turtle quan do

Sultan AlKhalaf says:

Krav Maga vs Arnis vs Aikido

JHSCOM says:

boxing and judo is the best combo. and practice kali and kendo if you need to go one step further.

Shotokan karate Front kick says:

I take shotokan

Clorex Bleach says:

At the end Bruce Lee kick that dude so hard he literally vanished.

Dinesh Kudtarkar says:

The best self defense method is to strip naked, get your dick in your hand and start masturbating furiously while looking at your attacker. Then hold your breath, go red in the face and shout, 'UUUUUHHHHGGG, I'M GONNA CUM!!! I'M GONNA CUM!!!' with your dick pointing toward your attacker. Of course, this will have the reverse effect if your a woman and do this (with a vagina in place of a dick), or, if your attacker is a homo. Then you are just asking to get bum raped! Maybe a more failsafe way is to shit in your hand, rub it all over yourself and start runing towards your attacker with your arms open saying, 'Give me a hug!' The only way this would backfire is if your attacker was a homo who's into scat, which is highly unlikely. Of course, it could backfire if he had a gun and blew your brains out. Then all your friends and family would see you on the news headlines 'Man smears own shit over himself before getting his head blown off.' Not the coolest way to go out. Maybe I should start a DVD series titled 'Dirty self defense – Jizz and shit your way out of any situation!'

Unknown Guy says:

who is the first girl kav maga?

R.P Sudharsanam says:

for me jeet kun do and krav maga must be in the first place

Mr. Sinful says:

what about Kung fu and eidu, those are very majestic martial arts

Demarioshow1 (demarioshow1) says:

No capoeria??

Bruce Wayne says:

Every martial art is equally as effective. The question is can you implement the techniques in a real fight? I mean this is as simple as it gets right? To be good at something you gotta actually do that shit. If you wanna be better at real ko fighting, you gotta do that shit(Other wise what are you getting good at? Solo dancing?) And if you don't hone your practiced techniques in a real fight where the opponent is trying to KO you, I don't care what secret super art you learn, YOU WILL NEVER BE A FIGHTER LET ALONE A GOOD ONE, AND YOU WILL NEVER LEARN ANY EFFECTIVE MARTIAL ART. This is the only reason people say shit like "boxing works", MT works" and some bullshit like "TKD doesn't work", "hapkido doesn't work", " goju ryu doesn't work". There argument is boxers or Mt fighters generally beat up traditional martial art fighters in a fight. Well what do you expect? Boxers and Mt fighters get paid to KO each other for real, beat the crap of each other for real, usually traditional martial artists don't do that, that's not a part of getting a black belt. So what do you expect? Ofcourse boxers would beat karatekas more often because one is generally used to actually fight and actually very good at real fighting, and the other doesn't fight so he CANT fight. I personally trained in boxing and shotokan, started with shotokan, but from early childhood I would participate in one on one Street fighting to KO for money. I honed the techniques I learnt from shotokan in real fight, and I actually learnt how to fight, eventually I got better and better and now I am full contact sparring partner for amateur and pro kickboxers, that's how you learn AN EFFECTIVE MARTIAL ART You got to shed a load of blood and sweat in real fight where you will get beat up and koed over and over and fucking over again. You wanna be a badass well be careful what you wish for…

Sudden Slow Death Records says:

Tai Chi Chuan

Filip Jovetic says:

My favourite martial art is Ninjutsu, that s "mather" of karate, judo, jiujutsu…

Mudkip Love says:

when you are under 16 and you have a black belt, congrats. think you mastered it?
hahah.. funny… to even really deserve a black belt you need focus, patient, concentration, control and years and years of training.

don't hate. there are exeptions

goo turner says:

americans have started putting propaganda into martial arts… huh israeli martial arts my ass

Stan Roberts says:

Aikido is garbage. Its helpful to add into any existing style. But on its own……….Ive never had trouble with an Aikido practitioner.

JAGTHEGEMINI says:

Wing Chun ALL THE WAY

Fyrnty says:

When they mention Kali but don't even show anything from Dan Inansanto, the man who taught Bruce Lee the entire style.

Kebabremover69 says:

what about systema?

Squishy Dolphin says:

Speaking of Taekwondo, I just got my black belt at age 10!!

AdmiralFerret says:

Cool list

I feel Pincak Silot should be somewhere near with Wing Chun though

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