Martial Arts Question

For unarmed self-defense, I recommend the following:

Striking: Western boxing, Muay Thai, Savate, Jeet Kune Do.

Trapping: Jeet Kune Do.

Grappling: Free-style or catch wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kodokan Judo (caveat: not Olympic-oriented), shoot wrestling.

Weapon-defense: Filippino styles (Arnis, Escrima and Kali).

For example, boxing, Judo and Kali together OR Muay Thai, BJJ and Kali would be good combinations to study.

One should also train in weapons-oriented systems involving handguns, shotguns and rifles if possible.

Skorzeny

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For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence. Sun Tzu
 
The nice thing about Kali, providing you can find a good instructor, is that it's the parent art to arnis and escrima so if you learn kali, you get arnis and escrima. In addition, trapping, boxing, kick boxing are included in the panantukan portion of kali as well as other stuff. Grappling is there as well, though not to the extent of BJJ or judo as kali emphasizes bladed weapons; not the stuff you want to roll around on the ground with if you have a choice.

I also second the idea of training in all weapons; blades, sticks, and firearms. Perp isn't going to play fair, why should you? Get all the advantage as possible.
 
Spectre:

First of all, I don't know everything, but I do consider myself to be something of an expert in the history of combative systems.

Secondly, as many systems (legitimiate or not) of fighting there are (and perhaps more), there are those who claimed that they have never been defeated.

Largely, it is a matter of 1) deception, 2) exaggeration and 3) lack of experience. Meaning, some blatantly lie about their losses, some exaggerate their accomplishments and claim "super duper ultimate warrior" status and some simply hadn't fought enough against skilled fighters in a wide variety of circumstances to know.

Heck, I could run my own Dojo, "invite everyone" to fight me and beat up my students and claim that I've never been defeated.

Mythically, it is said that Ueshiba Morihei never lost a fight, but even if it were true, that does not make Aikido a viable self-defense system.

It's really about time that some of us left the "shrouded mystery of the ancient arts buried on some Chinese monastery" world and face reality.

Skorzeny

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For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence. Sun Tzu
 
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