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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darius101" data-source="post: 668710" data-attributes="member: 9466">I remember the thread from before....when you were trying to decide before. There is alot of good advice around here in this thread as well.  #1 Judo is good for competition but horrible for self defense. We used to take the Judo guys apart in Aikido and Taihojitsu class. #2 Juijitsu is based on chin-na techniques and is what most Samurai families learned. It is excellent for self-defense and will keep you in shape. Aikijitsu is a derivative of this fine art and is the hard style to the softer Aikido. O'Sensei started out in Aikijitsu and later changed it to Aikido. #3 Karate is a good martial art for self defense but I would go check out the school to see if they are teaching more form style or hands on style. Many schools are also more competition oriented and will teach more forms than sparring. Based in part of Chinese Boxing among other things. #4 Kickboxing is good as you already have some experience in that art. It will help you to develop basic self defense and you can work on closing the gap skills from Hung Gar. It is not enough though hen it comes to practical self-defense as it does not account for tackles or falling unexpectedly. #5 Hwa Rang Do & Muay Thai (but only as a last resort) again I would stay away from Muay Thai unless you were getting into competition. Hwa Rang Do is not a 'do' like Judo, kendo or Iado it is more like a karate or Tae Kwan Do ..you will learn a little self defense but get more of a false sense of security in your first real street fight....this could cause serious harm to you and those you would protect. We also used to love parring with those Tae Kwan do guys as they always got tied up when they kicked students from our classes. Once on the ground they always lost..and then complained about it. If I had my choice I would take Aikido, Taihojitsu or Wing Chun if they are offered in your area. All teach good basics and when taught right will teach you to defend yourself from numerous attacks. Taihojitsu is Japenese police self defense and Aikido is what all officers in Japan take before they become cops. I only know this because my teacher was the Soke for Taihojitsu for many years in Tokyo.  On another note....in Taihojitsu we used Kendo armor and kenpo gloves to practice full force sparring. It not only was more practical than the 'redman' suits it allowed you to feel the strikes and know how to react to these hits. Redman suits makes you feel like a tank more than a sparring partner. we only had one guy who hit hard enough to crack the fiberglass kendo armor and nomatter what you wore it hurt when he hit us. If a punch is taught correctly then the force will penetrate any armor and haveing been on the recieving end is always an experience. For self defense you want something that will teach you to get away from an attacker...not just something that will kill or diable him/her. The best advice is to go look at each school and see how they teach and what the teacher says. Hope that helps, DariusP.S. If you have a good Kenpo school this might be worth trying out but it is really a combination of Wing Chun and Karate techniques. we used to say it was watered down Wing Chun and after trying a class of it I tend to agree. The Kempo people i fought with were over confident 90% of the time and had medium ability in sparring at my same level and time in Wing Chun.</blockquote>

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