Best Style For Street Fights

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Hey guys, I have a few questions regarding styles and most effective martial arts in a 1v1 street fight. I'm a small guy (5'9 155lbs) and am about to join an MMA gym but I'm curious which would be the best to dedicate myself to.

I've only been in 1 street fight which I ended with a guillotine. But I'm curious specifically what style would be best for street fighting bigger opponents? Of course size matters and I'm well aware of that but I need to know what would give me the best chance. I'm an inside fighter when it comes to boxing so should I just be training on getting inside on bigger guys and letting my hook/straight right go or a different strategy?

Also as far as ground game goes, I feel like training takedowns and top game would be useless since bigger opponents will have too much muscle on me and put me on my back. So should I just dedicate my time grappling to takedown defense and working from my back?


(And please again note I'm well aware that size always matters and I'm not tryin to pretend that I can take on 200 pound guys, just curious what would be the best style to train for bigger opponents)

EDIT- Thanks 5acrossYOeye for makin me look like a retard (:
 
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DD Kong said:
Hey guys, I have a few questions regarding styles and most effective martial arts in a 1v1 street fight. I'm a small guy (5'9 155lbs) and am about to join an MMA gym but I'm curious which would be the best to dedicate myself to.

I've only been in 1 street fight which I ended with a guillotine. But I'm curious specifically what style would be best for street fighting bigger opponents? Of course size matters and I'm well aware of that but I need to know what would give me the best chance. I'm an inside fighter when it comes to boxing so should I just be training on getting inside on bigger guys and letting my hook/straight right go or a different strategy?

Also as far as ground game goes, I feel like training takedowns and top game would be useless since bigger opponents will have too much muscle on me and put me on my back. So should I just dedicate my time grappling to takedown defense and working from my back?

I'll post this in the grappling forum as well to see what kind of feedback I can get. Thanks guys

(And please again note I'm well aware that size always matters and I'm not tryin to pretend that I can take on 200 pound guys, just curious what would be the best style to train for bigger opponents)
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could you been a little less obvious with the cut and paste?
 
train everything you can.boxing wrestling and bjj. but keep in mind bjj alone will help you win fights against bigger stronger opponents. cant say the same for wrestling and boxing and other martial arts
 
thanks thedoc55, that makes a lot of sense. As far as training though is it worth putting a lot of time into takedown defense or just more of guard since the takedown is inevitable with someone bigger.
 
DD Kong said:
limit myself regarding what?
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Being new to martial arts, you should try out anything that appeals to you and see if it works for you. Then see why it works or doesn't work, then adjust your training. Don't fall for hype or propaganda. Don't assume you will be successful with every attack. Remember that, which does not work now, might work later with more training, and vice versa.
 
Watch Royce vs Ken 1 and Kimo. If you're looking to defend against bigger guys bjj is the way to go. And if you're worried about take downs ask your instructor when you train.
 
1. Dont get into streetfights.

2. Try a few out and see what you like.
 
Unless you're going to become a wizard at bjj and muay thai, i think your best bet is to develop wrestling as your base, and supplement it with boxing.
 
Sounds like you're getting into it for the wrong reasons... "Best martial art for street fights?" Are you looking to get into more random street fights? If yes, then please just go away, we don't need any more people at bars or sporting events or concerts or wherever picking fights so that they can compensate for their "shortcomings".

If you are choosing a martial art so that you can STOP getting into street fights and remove yourself from that negative atmosphere, or has nothing to do at all with picking random fights, then I agree with a lot of the posters here who recommend trying them out for yourself and seeing what works for you. Be well rounded.
 
MBGracieBarra said:
Sounds like you're getting into it for the wrong reasons... "Best martial art for street fights?" Are you looking to get into more random street fights? If yes, then please just go away, we don't need any more people at bars or sporting events or concerts or wherever picking fights so that they can compensate for their "shortcomings".

If you are choosing a martial art so that you can STOP getting into street fights and remove yourself from that negative atmosphere, or has nothing to do at all with picking random fights, then I agree with a lot of the posters here who recommend trying them out for yourself and seeing what works for you. Be well rounded.
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I'm sorry my title is kinda misleading. I'm not looking for street fights or trying to be some bad ass street brawler. I've just been called out a few times by guys a little bigger and I bitched out. I just want to know what would be best to train for a higher chance against bigger guys to defend myself. That's all
 
If you're genuinely looking for street practical self-defense, I would suggest Krav Maga as an option. They tend to focus on more of a real world environment, including multi-threat situations, weapons, and attacking vulnerable areas not commonly allowed in sports (e.g. eyes, throat, groin).

MMA-style training can be helpful in a real world situation, but a lot of what we do is based on a 1-on-1 contest in a controlled environment....two assumptions that you cannot afford to make when in a real fight.
 
Take up running its a far better option or alternatively buy a big gun that should do the trick (or like crocodile Dundee a nice big knife)

BJJ will work in a street fight but ideally you dont want to be going onto the concrete (normally street fights end up outside bars so expect to be rolling in piss and broken glass to) Get some decent stand up fighting, Muay Thai or Boxing or maybe Krav Maga (for those nut shots) and supplement this with some good BJJ for if you end up down on the deck.
 
You shouldn't look at Martial Arts like a commodity. Meaning, you shouldn't think of it the same way you'd look at "Whats better, PS3 or XBox?" Instead, you should be asking yourself, "Whats better, first person shooters or fighting games?" Meaning, you should be going after what you're going to enjoy more, IF you are going to enjoy martial arts at all.

For me personally, they could come out with statistics and research which shows that BJJ is the WORST martial art for the street and it wouldn't effect me because, I didn't enjoy boxing, kickboxing, judo or wrestling as much as I enjoy BJJ and its highly unlikely I can dedicate myself in those arts to get to the level that I am in BJJ simply because I don't enjoy them as much. I DID try them out first, just like most people here, I was under the impression that you need to get good at everything. But I have no aspirations of becoming an MMA fighter (or getting into street fights for that matter) and as such, I train BJJ simply because I like it. I'm not sure its any "better" than any other martial art. Even martial arts like TKD which are universally discouraged, seem like a lot of fun to the people practicing them and they do get into decent shape. Some of the TKDers I've seen were specimens.
 
A lot of people like to argue over which art is best, but a better question is which one works for you? None of them will help you if you quit in 3 months. Try out a few gyms in your area and see which style you can imagine really dedicating time to.
 
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