Best fighting style for real-life situations

[monkeyfightclub]

Gymkata is your best option.

[TomE.]

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The stuff Bruce Lee did was far from fancy. The whole point of what he did was getting rid of all the fancy stuff and just doing what worked, and tailoring it further to what worked best for each individual.

[zuluking]

While MMA is awesome to watch, and even more fun to practice, almost anything will work in real-life situations if you know the proper technique. With the proper pressure applied to a nerve in the arm, a 300lb+ MMA fighter is no match for a 100lb girl. Its all in the technique.

Even in MMA there are rules. There are many parts in the body that, when properly "stimulated", have devestating effects on someone. In MMA, these techniques are not allowed.

[Cornell Fiji]

If you are being attacked in a fight for your life then screw all the martial arts stuff.

1) Get in close
2) Grab a hold of enemy's ear
3) Pull down really hard
4) Wet willy where ear used to be
5) Profit.

[Blarg]

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what do the elite of the military use?

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combination of a number of different techniques. ground-fighting, joint manipulation, target areas on the body, weapons of opportunity, weapon disarmament,certain strikes. It's not as complex and "awesome" as people would think, considering it's taught to be effective when you're wearing a combat load.

Krav Maga, in its description, sounds badass but is mostly a type of exercise fad in America, unless you know someone who will make it more like how the Israelis teach it.

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Krav Maga is built up in a spooky way, but it's basically karate plus simple techniques from other styles. Which doesn't make it bad, but the spooky "deadlier than deadly" aura built up around it here in America is pretty silly.

[cbloom]

BTW the real answer is Sambo (Combat Sambo in particular)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBjin8zNUWc

[CORed]

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Something with strong take down skills. But really, the goal is to not be in unarmed combat in a war. ldo.

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This is true, because if you manage to end up unarmed, the enemy soldier you encounter will most likely have an AK47, and put about 20 rounds in you long before you get close enough to use your Brazilian jujitsu or other martial arts techniques.

[BuckyK]

Anything involving kicks and knees to the nuts, eye gouging, and fish hooking.

It's a streetfight. Do what you can to inflict pain on the other guy (assuming they start it) then run.

If you're the guy starting it, let's hope you get fish hooked.

[DrewDevil]

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jasonbourneitsu is the best

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In all seriousness, on the Bourne Identity DVD, director Doug Liman says Damon/Bourne is trained in kali, more correctly known as eskrima. They picked it because of its efficient, non-flashy style to match Bourne himself.