Many options out there for martial arts classes

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that could work on the street is what I’m really after

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Krav Maga might be the most violent and best option based on the research I have done for hand to hand defense.

Personally I decided to get my concealed handgun license and hope like hell I don't have to use it.

Krav Maga is probably the best. It’s all about fast, brutal violence. Like the real world. The trick is to make sure that your instructor isn’t some full of shite moron. I would ask your police officers where they go. Many of them go get extended training after the academy with local guys.

Find a bjj school near you that does no gi. That is the most practical. All fights end up on the ground

I am not disagreeing with you as those disciplines are extremely useful, but Krav Maga is also very practical. But I agree, can’t go wrong with an MMA gym around town.

While I respect Krav Magra and have trained with some of the best when I was in Israel, if you try it against people who have more practical fighting skills as wrestling BJJ, or boxing/muay Thai you’ll just look like a dumb arse. Sorry, not to insult but it’s the truth. Now if you’re getting mugged by 3 big guys with guns Krav Magra will give a .002% chance of survival rather than a .001% chance, but that’s it. And the dudes who are good enough at it or it to be practical have spent a decade training it, along with the other practical martial arts.

$300/month? I’ll just stick to boxing and hope no one that knows advanced fighting techniques wants to beat my arse.

Something practical that works on the street is simple. Boxing with about a 2 Stripe White Belt level of skill in BJJ. If you find a Helio Gracie BJJ school, then you are golden because we throw standup into our curriculum but just enough to get you out of a jam.

You can probably get past 99.9% of anybody you encounter on the street with those skills unless you run into a MMA fighter or Golden Gloves ace, then you are fricked.