Quote: (12-17-2012 11:31 PM)se7en Wrote:
Quote: (12-17-2012 11:26 PM)AlbertoDelMuerto Wrote:
Quote: (12-17-2012 04:23 PM)Mirthless Wrote:
Are you talking about self-defense purposes or for beating somebody up?
Beating somebody up.
I mean Krav Maga was designed by the Israeli government to train their elite soldiers to fuck people up - Israelis are always outnumbered so they must always be the most efficient and most brutal. I think Muay Thai and BJJ have more of a competitive sport feeling to them? No argument that somebody trained in BJJ will fuck somebody up, but Krav Maga trains you to disarm people and slit their throats with the edge of your palm - it takes the most effective parts of all martial arts and combines them for fucking up purposes no matter how people come at you.
it depends if you're trying to f$%k someone up or defend and give yourself an opportunity to exit the situation asap.
i've trained mt, bjj, and krav. mt for 10 years, bjj for 2, and krav for 2. ultimately, krav is way more brutal and effective in terms of real life situations. it teaches you to disarm knives (guns too, but i'm not fucking with anyone who's got a gun), fight with an injury, in a subway, stairwell, attack "soft points," against multiple attackers, etc. krav can maim people and you can really be liable for some serious damage. so if you're the kind of person who can't deliver a measured response, you might want to stick with boxing or mt. i was never taught the slit someone's throat with my palm move.
i've always viewed krav as mostly mt with the rules turned off. some of the krav moves imo are a little too "martial artsy" for me, but i came with a solid mt base so in those cases i'll rely on my speed and striking ability. although bjj is badass and you should learn the basics, in a real situation, i don't want to be on the ground. no ref is going to disqualify the dude's friend(s) from kicking you or smashing a bar stool over your head while you break his arm.
keep in mind, that against the average person, if you know mt/boxing, you can handle yourself just fine. i was lucky to train at a phenomenal krav school in nyc where all the coaches were ex-israeli spec forces with real combat experience. many of them trained mt/bjj so they really combined the useful parts of both into their fighting styles. i've since moved to california and had to go back to mt because the krav schools here in OC suck.
you have to train 3-4x a week to get good and you should be disciplined about sparring regularly in order to sharpen your reaction time and get used to someone attacking you. you can do the drills all day long, but if you close your eyes and rear back when someone is attacking you, game over. it takes time before you can observe while someone is throwing punches at you, defend, and then attack.