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Powerslide · 10-21-2011, 04:24 PM

if you are looking for a self-defense martial art, MMA will offer you a great toolkit and get you in fantastic shape. However, you want to avoid grappling and/or going to ground at all costs in a self-defense situation on the street- especially true with multiple opponents.

Krav Maga is an excellent system for self defense, I trained with it for a while and would recommend it. Do your homework before finding a place to train though.

The psychology of a self-defense situation is not highlighted enough in many systems, even though it is probably the most important point by far. MMA, Kickboxing/Muai Thai, etc do not train this.

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Powerslide I subscribe to Revscene Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: vancouver Posts: 1,917 Thanked 1,228 Times in 171 Posts Failed 251 Times in 41 Posts	if you are looking for a self-defense martial art, MMA will offer you a great toolkit and get you in fantastic shape. However, you want to avoid grappling and/or going to ground at all costs in a self-defense situation on the street- especially true with multiple opponents. Krav Maga is an excellent system for self defense, I trained with it for a while and would recommend it. Do your homework before finding a place to train though. The psychology of a self-defense situation is not highlighted enough in many systems, even though it is probably the most important point by far. MMA, Kickboxing/Muai Thai, etc do not train this. Last edited by Powerslide; 10-21-2011 at 04:30 PM.