I'm thinking about getting into a martial arts. Am 21...

I'm thinking about getting into a martial arts. Am 21, have been working out for 5 years now but I want some combat skills. I'd like something that takes the opponent out quickly or do a lot of damage so I don't have to worry if someone picks a fight with me. I've done wrestling for a semester but that's basically all the experience I have since COVID meant I had to take a year off

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I should make a infographic about this, but here it goes:

> The best defense is distance. If you're far enough from your aggressor, he can't hurt you, even with a firearm. What's the chance of someone shooting with a pistol if you're 1 mile away from him?

> So, whenever it's possible you should get distance.

> If you find yourself in a scenario you can't get distance, and we're talking about self defense, then you should have a firearm. Ideally, rifle and pistol would be the best killer (pun intended) combination.

> If you cannot get a firearm, then some kind of knife, brass knuckle or any kind of handheld weapon.

> If you can't get distance and don't have a firearm nor any other weapon, only then we're talking about fighting.

> So, you have, basically, 3 parts of a weaponless fight: striking, grappling and takedowns.

> You should have these 3 components in your fighting portfolio, but sadly there's no fight style that covers them all. You will have to separate.

> Ideally, you should start grappling first. Why? It's how you will be able to get some distance. The idea isn't taking your aggressor to the ground. But getting out from him, and get some distance.

> In my opinion, the best grappling art, if you consider avaliability and efficiency is BJJ.

> It should take you around 6 months to be able to handle yourself with BJJ. After the blue belt, mostly you're getting into the sport BJJ territory

> For striking, you should start training boxing. It's the most simple of the striking arts, and a base for almost all the others.

> With BJJ + boxing, after a year of proper training, you're probably at the 99% percentile of self defense. If you have a concealed carry, you're probably almost as safe as someone can get without getting into schizo territory.

> After that, if you want to pursue more fight knowledge, you should work in your takedowns. Wrestling, judo and sambo are good options.

> Then, maybe Muay Thai. That will improve your striking power

do it, but just know it's going to be the hardest thing you've done in your life and there's a high likelihood of getting injured.

Wretling, judo, BJJ if they are good place that starts on their feet, boxing, kickboxing muay thai. There you go find one of the above thats nearby, cheap and has some people who occasionally compete.

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HEMA

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That's a kino mask

gunfu, also id suggest finding a school that you mesh with over obsessing about a particular style

I actually think getting into hema would unironically be super cool...

I'm nowhere near qualified to answer this, OP, but a general tips about hobbies is to go to the location and talk to some people, and most importantly to get a feeling for if you're going to come back even when you're stressed, or when the weather's shit, or there's some other excuse to just not go. You absolutely will have times when you want to just say "fuck it", and you have to choose your martial arts club with that in mind. If there is one close enough to you or your job that you can't reasonably say "fuck it" and not go, then that's an important argument for. The kyokushin you train every week for five years is better than the muay thai you train every other month for five years (or the equivalent, I don't know much about martial arts).