Study the secret teachings of Stoner, Browning, and Mossberg. While not nearly as fun to show off at a party, when the dancing stops and the fighting starts, they'll teach you what you need.
Many martial arts take years of training to truly be proficient. If you want a ‘quick’ way to at least be respectable, Krav Maga is a good option. Another that you can get up to speed relatively quickly in is SCARS, it’s a bit obscure, but it was created for military (as was Krav Maga) use. You don’t want to fight, you want to devastate quickly.
I once saw a video of a man aged 35 who picked up archery, and decided to become a combat archer based on military writings from the ancient persian empire. It involves insane acrobatics and offensive attack - not at all lile a line of archers shooting from behind infantry lines - and in a short time he went from 0 to Parthian Hero in a couple of years. That opened my eyes to the possibility of learning anything with enough dedication.
True anything can be learned for the dedicated student. I was just pointing out that Krav Maga and SCARS can be very devastating with very little training. They both BEGIN with deadly and incapacitating fundamental movements. They require very little fitness or strength. And there is no requirement for complex movements. These were/are military systems where immediate incapacitating/deadly results are necessary.
But if these moves are so deadly, can you practice them at full speed/force? Learning how to perform a technique is not the same as successfully applying it in an actual struggle.
As someone swiftly realizing the necessity for skills at arms, what is a good self defense martial art to study as a beginner?
glad you asked. First and foremost, go with what you are most interested in. The fighting disciplines are like music. Find your groove and jam.
But...i recommend if you aren't partial to anything... jujitsu will test you.
Go judo and learn to fight standing up too. Besides, judo is a club sport and is more economical than for-profit MA schools.
sound advice
also, we don't know the pedes body type so judo could put them in a horrible disadvantage. But, I'm all for trial and error.
Just get active. Join anything
Even traditional boxing is good. The emphasis on mobility and cardio is a great foundation to work from.
Get a mace it's best when fighting numbers, as it won't get stuck like an axe or sword when you need to swing at the next attacker.
Get medieval.
That's a damn good idea actually
Also, put spiky parts on the shaft just under the mace itself, so if they grab on all you have to do is pull back and shred their hands.
Granted, if you get to this point, hopefully it was cause you already used all your ammo.
Some were made with blades at the top part of the shaft.
Study the secret teachings of Stoner, Browning, and Mossberg. While not nearly as fun to show off at a party, when the dancing stops and the fighting starts, they'll teach you what you need.
Boxing, wrestling or Mau Tai. Gun is the best. Jiu jiutsu is good one on one.
Remember...for what's to come your goal is going to be to create distance so you can draw and remove the threat(s).
Many martial arts take years of training to truly be proficient. If you want a ‘quick’ way to at least be respectable, Krav Maga is a good option. Another that you can get up to speed relatively quickly in is SCARS, it’s a bit obscure, but it was created for military (as was Krav Maga) use. You don’t want to fight, you want to devastate quickly.
I once saw a video of a man aged 35 who picked up archery, and decided to become a combat archer based on military writings from the ancient persian empire. It involves insane acrobatics and offensive attack - not at all lile a line of archers shooting from behind infantry lines - and in a short time he went from 0 to Parthian Hero in a couple of years. That opened my eyes to the possibility of learning anything with enough dedication.
True anything can be learned for the dedicated student. I was just pointing out that Krav Maga and SCARS can be very devastating with very little training. They both BEGIN with deadly and incapacitating fundamental movements. They require very little fitness or strength. And there is no requirement for complex movements. These were/are military systems where immediate incapacitating/deadly results are necessary.
But if these moves are so deadly, can you practice them at full speed/force? Learning how to perform a technique is not the same as successfully applying it in an actual struggle.