Marquess of Queensberry? Bloody, hell!
Posted on 03/07/2017 6:32:44 PM PST by tbw2
Except that Aikido takes a bit of time under instruction to become effective. If he needs immediate I’d go with Ishin Ryu or Krav Maga.
That being said: Throat, groin, eyes, nose, ear slaps, solar plexus. Short hard closed or open hands (except the ears). Either hand can be used with minimal force required to be effective. Does not require significant time under instruction. Just force him to respond immediately under duress. He can use items in his hands as extensions on the same areas with minimal practice.
Marquess of Queensberry? Bloody, hell!
Everybody is going to give you a different style, so I’ll just lay out the reasoning behind them.
Karate, kickboxing, Krav Maga, etc will tend to be mostly striking, though everybody is teaching a little grappling these days. Striking has an advantage with multiple attackers. It keeps you on your feet, and moving. But very often when I saw guys who were strikers do a street fight, somebody would grab them and clinch, maybe in a head lock, and everything they learned became useless as both fell to the ground and began wrestling.
Wrestling is great, because he can always close, clinch, and then control his opponent on the ground. The shortfall is if there are multiple attackers the others may be kicking him in the kidney and head while he is down there.
Judo and Brazillian JuJitsu will teach him how to disable his opponent while he is down there with submissions like chokes, arm bars, leg locks, etc, so he can get up and begin dealing with #’s 2, 3, 4 etc, but there is no guarantee while he is down with #1 he won’t get kicked in the head and hurt.
If he were my kid I would look to a good basic style of Japanese Karate, Kyokoshin is good because of contact in training, but Shotokan would be good too, and then do Judo or Brazillian Jujitsu for submission. Then I would make sure he Wrestled in school. I like the tradition and respect in the old arts, for kids, but BJJ isn’t bad skill wise.
Now the final caveat - the instructor makes the school. A good instructor, rough around the edges, who has been in street fights and knows how things go in that unregulated, uncontrolled environment will be infinitely better than a guy who has practiced responsibly and won a lot of trophies in tournaments, and never been in a scuffle. Ex-Military combat arms is a big plus.
If he did that all through school, he would come out with martial arts skills good enough to take on just about any situation, and if he practiced on his own at home, he could maybe almost go pro.
If he were only to get one, I would do grappling, and get him a heavy punching bag and speed bag, as well as weight lifting setup. Grappling, being big, plus hands fast enough and hard enough to hit would be good enough for a trip through school dealing with bullies.
Get out the very first seven or so UFC’s on DVD. In the beginning it was very unregulated, and you got a good look at what the different styles looked like against each other, and how different fighters adapted them to street fights in clothes.
Now everybody is stripped down, shaved, oiled up, and barefoot on the slippery canvas, all of which degrade the effectiveness of grappling, and favors striking. On the street, with shoes, and wearing clothes is hugely different, and more like the first UFCs.
Everybody is going to give you a different style, so I’ll just lay out the reasoning behind them.
Karate, kickboxing, Krav Maga, etc will tend to be mostly striking, though everybody is teaching a little grappling these days. Striking has an advantage with multiple attackers. It keeps you on your feet, and moving. But very often when I saw guys who were strikers do a street fight, somebody would grab them and clinch, maybe in a head lock, and everything they learned became useless as both fell to the ground and began wrestling.
Wrestling is great, because he can always close, clinch, and then control his opponent on the ground. The shortfall is if there are multiple attackers the others may be kicking him in the kidney and head while he is down there.
Judo and Brazillian JuJitsu will teach him how to disable his opponent while he is down there with submissions like chokes, arm bars, leg locks, etc, so he can get up and begin dealing with #’s 2, 3, 4 etc, but there is no guarantee while he is down with #1 he won’t get kicked in the head and hurt.
If he were my kid I would look to a good basic style of Japanese Karate, Kyokoshin is good because of contact in training, but Shotokan would be good too, and then do Judo or Brazillian Jujitsu for submission. Then I would make sure he Wrestled in school. I like the tradition and respect in the old arts, for kids, but BJJ isn’t bad skill wise.
Now the final caveat - the instructor makes the school. A good instructor, rough around the edges, who has been in street fights and knows how things go in that unregulated, uncontrolled environment will be infinitely better than a guy who has practiced responsibly and won a lot of trophies in tournaments, and never been in a scuffle. Ex-Military combat arms is a big plus.
If he did that all through school, he would come out with martial arts skills good enough to take on just about any situation, and if he practiced on his own at home, he could maybe almost go pro.
If he were only to get one, I would do grappling, and get him a heavy punching bag and speed bag, as well as weight lifting setup. Grappling, being big, plus hands fast enough and hard enough to hit would be good enough for a trip through school dealing with bullies.
Get out the very first seven or so UFC’s on DVD. In the beginning it was very unregulated, and you got a good look at what the different styles looked like against each other, and how different fighters adapted them to street fights in clothes.
Now everybody is stripped down, shaved, oiled up, and barefoot on the slippery canvas, all of which degrade the effectiveness of grappling, and favors striking. On the street, with shoes, and wearing clothes is hugely different, and more like the first UFCs.
Fighting back will get a kid into as much trouble as the attacker. Unless it’s done away from school.
When the choice is win, be crippled or die, as it often is today, there is nothing dirty enough to not use.
Same here.
My son-in-law holds an annual fund raising event for Marni as well. Darrin comes to Houston a couple of times a year and his visit is a treat for all of the Krav students.
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