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So, we present to your attention the author’s TOP 10 rating of martial arts for self-defense. A little about myself: my total experience in martial arts is about 10 years. Among them: kickboxing, Muay Thai, RB, jiu jitsu. I have quite a lot of experience in close communication with representatives of various martial arts both at full-contact competitions and on the street. Based on this PERSONAL experience, I compiled the corresponding rating.
I can definitely say one thing: a fight one on one and one against the crowd/crowd against the crowd are quite different in terms of requirements for technology and physicality. preparation.
I have a deep conviction that in a 1 on 1 fight, the first priority is wrestling skills + weight, preferably not extra)) In a mass battle, the first place comes out with choreographed, tempo punches to the head, and speed of movement.
Naturally, I do not deny the proverb that it is not the style that wins, but the fighter. I am sure that the Olympic heavyweight judo champion with a 90% probability will throw 2-3 light weight boxers over his back onto the curb and land on his head. But we will speak on average, otherwise there will be no rating at all))
Based on the above, the possibility of martial arts to resist both one opponent and several, that is, to beat and fight, was taken as a basis. Therefore, do not be surprised that the absolute majority here are mixed species, which at first glance are not very different. They differ in history, rules, specifics of the training and competitive process and distribution area, all this leaves a significant imprint on their effectiveness on the street and their place in the ranking.
Well, the last question that is asked quite often: what is the point of comparing martial arts?
I think we shouldn’t forget that almost every one of us came to the gym in order to learn how to fight/defend ourselves. For the same reason, thousands of boys, and not quite boys, come there every day. And only over time, for those units that remain, the goal begins to change - from “defend yourself” to “become a champion.”
Short abbreviations:
MMA - mixed martial arts, mixed martial arts
BI - martial arts
RB - hand-to-hand combat
ARB - army hand-to-hand combat

So let's go!

1. Combat Sambo

Combat Sambo deservedly takes first place. Today, this is the most widespread type of full-fledged mixed martial arts in the post-CIS space with a very wide arsenal. Punches, kicks, elbows and knees, and even head strikes are allowed here!) Throwing techniques, punches and kicks on the ground, choking and painful strikes on any limbs are allowed. Fights can be carried out both with and without helmets, which is also a very valuable experience, because... a blow missed with a helmet and without it feels completely different. Combat Sambo also took first place because of all the full-fledged mixed types in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, this type has the largest number of qualified Soviet-trained coaches and proven training methods, as well as the largest number of teaching places.

2. Hand-to-hand combat

Sports hand-to-hand combat. This species is not a full-fledged mixed species as such due to the partial castration of the ground and striking part. While standing, you cannot hit with your knees, elbows or head. You can't hit on the ground. The time of wrestling on the ground is also limited, and an unscrupulous referee can often raise him to a standing position even if one of the opponents is predominantly a wrestler, and active technical actions are being carried out on the ground.
RB took second place due to the fact that it is the most common mixed species. In small towns you may not find Combat Sambo or MMA, but you will definitely find RB! And practicing in competitions will help you separate the wheat from the chaff and use only effective techniques. Plus, a relatively small number of technical actions will help you master the basics of striking in a standing position and fighting on the ground in less time than in “full-fledged mixed events.”

3.MMA / Valetudo / Mixfight / Freefight

If we lived in another place, this direction would rightfully take first place. In America, MMA is already the most common type of martial arts, and there are a huge number of excellent gyms with professional trainers. In our country, unfortunately, this is still only a tribute to tradition. There can be good coaches in large cities, often from current or former MMA athletes. But good coaches are very rare here. All training programs consist mainly of the results of the trainer’s initiative and his wild imagination + scraps of knowledge from foreign colleagues seen on video or read in interviews.

4.Pankration

I put this direction in a separate paragraph, since it requires separate consideration. Pankration as a whole is an MMA event, but with some historical circumstances that distinguish it. They lie in the fact that a huge number of freestyle athletes (freestyle wrestling) perform in pankration, who take the overwhelming number of prizes at all competitions. This left its mark on training. Quite a lot of gyms train “wrestling with finishing” and wrestling + “putting hands”)). Naturally, this does not apply to all halls, but the trend is observed. A potentially very strong advantage of pankration is its ability to become an Olympic sport in the future, in which case the pace of its development will be simply colossal.

5.Army Hand-to-Hand Combat (ARB)

One of the advantages of the style is a very wide technical arsenal, which is even wider than in combat sambo. Here you are allowed to finish off a lying opponent with your hands and feet, hit with your head, etc. Also an undoubted plus is the wide distribution of ARB and a large number of good trainers. The downside is the presence of an unrealistically huge amount of protection - a helmet with a mesh, pads with feet, a vest. A helmet with a mesh is potentially especially dangerous - people who are not used to getting hit in the open face are often lost at first, and on the street this can decide the outcome of the fight, because 90% of blows fly from the right and to the nose))) This problem is inherent in fighters of ARB, KUDO and karate styles where they do not hit the head with hands, it is eliminated by the practice of contact sparring or a period of half a year - a year of boxing training.

6. KUDO

The hallmark of the style are fighters wearing aquarium helmets. Almost any action, elbow strikes and standing ruts are allowed. Among the minuses, we have a somewhat castrated ground - there are time limits and blows. Another disadvantage of a similar EPIRB is the helmet - an aquarium. The undoubted advantage of martial arts is its wide distribution, a large number of qualified trainers, a well-developed methodological component, a large number of competitions at different levels and the preservation of the traditional spirit and aesthetics of karate. The system is also constantly developing, experiments with professional areas are appearing.

7. Combat Ju Jutsu / Combat Jiu Jitsu

Combat Jiu Jitsu is a tribute to the fashion for mixed martial arts. To traditional jiu-jitsu, techniques of striking with hands, feet and knees from hand-to-hand combat, boxing, and kickboxing have been added. Overall it is a fairly holistic system with a strong emphasis on the ground. Finishing moves on the ground with hands and any painful or suffocating techniques are allowed. Pros: very good wrestling and throwing techniques, fairly strict MMA rules, traditional wrestling training techniques, great emphasis on physical training. The disadvantages are a somewhat weak technique in the stand, the style is not particularly popular and widespread, and as a result, a small number of participants in the competition and a small number of good-level athletes.

8. Ju Jitsu/Jiu Jitsu

Oddly enough, many people do not know that traditional jiu-jitsu contains punches and kicks. It is also typical that full contact competitions in traditional jiu jitsu are tougher than in the combat direction, due to the fact that in some jiu jitsu competitions gloves and pads are not used at all.
Nevertheless, the advantages of this martial arts are an excellent ground game and excellent throwing technique. The downsides are the low level of punching and kicking technique, even at national championships, and a large number of coaches - charlatans teaching jiu jitsu under the auspices of various incomprehensible federations that grow like mushrooms after rain.

9.Sambo

SAMBO was originally a system developed for self-defense, and was widely used by law enforcement officers. This is the only purely wrestling type of martial arts in the ranking. But he didn’t get here by accident. SAMBO has been in service with law enforcement agencies for a long time, and according to statistics, with the help of its techniques, a huge number of law enforcement officers have neutralized criminals and emerged alive and unharmed from many delicate situations. The key here is to practice the basic techniques to a state of automatism, so that in an extreme situation of a street collision, you can use the technique without thinking, on a subconscious level.

10. Muay Thai/Boxing classic

Thai boxing is also the only purely striking type of martial arts in the ranking. The fact is that in Muay Thai you have the greatest freedom of action in the stand. In addition to the fact that this is Muay Thai, it is an “eight-armed” fight, that is, punches, kicks, knees and elbows are allowed, fighting in a standing position is allowed, and strikes from a standing position are also allowed. You will be taught all this in Muay Thai as nowhere else. Therefore, if you do not allow a pass to the legs, a Thai boxer has a huge chance of winning. After all, what is the probability that an experienced fighter will attack you on the street?
Well, with boxing everything is clear - firstly, here in the shortest period of time you can learn to defend yourself - due to a very narrow arsenal. Secondly, this is martial arts No. 1 when working with a group. Thirdly, there is a large number of competent specialists, many of them still of Soviet training.

And finally, let me remind you of a couple of eternal truths:
- it’s not the style that wins, it’s the fighter
- before training, you need to inquire about the achievements of the coach himself, both sports and coaching
- you need to exercise where you want to exercise, every time you force yourself to go to training because you don’t want to, it won’t work out
- It’s better to start practicing with a friend, or better yet with several. This will allow you to kick each other so as not to miss training, and it’s more fun together + there will always be someone to pair up with.
- in most gyms you can come to a trial training session, or even several, for free. Take your time, go to several gyms with different trainers, for different styles, and stay where you like best.
- do not buy expensive equipment right away. The simplest things - bandages, gloves, kimonos can be bought inexpensively. Everything else, especially good companies, can wait up to six months. Firstly, you need to make sure that you will stay here for a long time, and secondly, they won’t look at you askance as if you were a beginner in a $200 Hayabusa kimono with a black belt that came with it)))

Each of us went to some section as a child. The guys from our editorial office are no exception. And while writing the article, serious battles broke out in the editorial office over the choice of a certain type of self-defense.
So we decided in the future to write an article assessing certain types of martial arts. The evaluation criteria included both ease of learning and the effectiveness of using a particular sport in “real conditions”. Well, the future has arrived, let's get started.

1. Boxing

Boxing is the most widespread and one of the favorite contact sports in the whole world. Initially, fist fighting tournaments, which later grew into boxing, took place in Ancient Greece. Of course, then everything was a little different, people were hitting each other with their fists without any gloves or helmets, and we will return to real life. In boxing, one of the main components is endurance. That's why in all boxing movies we see dudes running or jumping rope.

Easy to learn: To start mastering boxing, you need, of course, to come to a boxing school, fortunately, in Russia there is a boxing club in almost every village. So there is no problem with this. There are no special stretches or any other initial skills other than normal physical fitness and the ability to clench your hands into a fist.

Duration of preparation: At least six months must pass before you can squeeze out anything worthwhile. In fact, this is still not enough, because in some kind of kung fu you will need at least several years.

Entertainment: If boxing weren’t spectacular, there wouldn’t be so many different championships for it, right? And if you turn on that same box of slop (we’re talking about TV), then Boxing is coming across Russia after the news.

Efficiency: in real life, boxing is one of the most effective sports. If you are attacked in any of the alleys, then whatever, your fists will always be with you. A couple of three precise and sharp blows to the head will knock down almost any wild boar, and blows to the solar plexus and stomach will discourage the desire to chase you. And no matter what pants you wear, you won't have to lift your legs above your belly button.

2. Karate

Since ancient times it has been used by evil, narrow-eyed guys from the east. Unlike jiu-jitsu or judo, karate practically does not use grabs and throws. Most of the techniques are punches or kicks. In terms of entertainment, there is little that beats karate. Dudes in kimonos, various katos, screams with every blow - everything is permeated with the culture of martial arts.

Easy to learn: In Russia, karate was banned for a long time and quite recently became widespread. Therefore, there are not many karate clubs in Russia. To be a karateka you need to have good stretching, which is something many dudes have problems with. We, of course, know that at the age of 9 you did the splits and could do more than 20 pull-ups, but now you will have to do the splits again or at least lift your leg above your waist without pain, you know in what places.

Duration of preparation: In karate, the duration of preparation is an order of magnitude higher than in boxing. You will need to learn a lot of kata, get a few belts and a lot of punches in the face before you are initiated into all the techniques of karate.

Entertainment: as written above, this is the most spectacular sport from our point of view.

Efficiency: at the beginning of your training, you are unlikely to be able to get out of a fight without a single scratch, like in cool action films. Karate, like many other oriental martial arts, was invented more to protect unarmed peasants than to attack. Therefore, at the beginning of your training, you will learn to defend yourself perfectly. A plus will be various paddings of the arms and legs. In the winter season, on ice, your legs will, of course, be harder, but who said that the path of a warrior is easy?

3. Sambo

It sounds cool, but it translates into a fairly simple phrase: self-defense without weapons. That's all you need to know about sambo. The most patriotic martial art, as it was created in the USSR.

Easy to learn: where, if not in our homeland, can one learn sambo? You don't need anything special to start training. Just be in shape and buy some equipment.

Duration of preparation: After just a few lessons you will learn the basics and be able to put some techniques into practice. Since Sambo is mostly wrestling, a lot depends on the techniques you know and the ability to perform them.

Entertainment: Sports sambo is one thing (this is exactly wrestling), and combat sambo is quite another. It depends on everyone, but the men lying around on the ground don’t seem particularly spectacular. It’s another matter if a couple of spinners or jabs fly in front of the ground.

Efficiency: Since this is self-defense without weapons, the effectiveness of this sport cannot be taken away. You can definitely protect yourself. The main thing is not to be afraid to roll in the mud. It’s another matter if there is more than one attacker, then combat sambo skills will come in handy.

4. Taekwondo

A Korean martial art that primarily uses the legs. Initially, the goal of this martial art was to knock the rider out of the saddle, which explains the various jumps and lifting of the legs above one’s own head.

Easy to learn: similar to karate. It is best to go into taekwondo with good stretching. Of course, there are punches here too, but the main emphasis is on the legs.

Duration of preparation: As in most oriental martial arts, the duration of training for a fighter is quite long. Honing various techniques and bringing your body to the desired state takes a lot of time.

Entertainment: when legs fly in all directions and all this is done by dudes in kimonos, it’s very spectacular. Moreover, not everyone can raise their leg to the level of their head.

Efficiency: Of course, having honed your skill to perfection, no one will be afraid of you, but taekwondo has one minus: in classical taekwondo, the torso is mainly protected, and it is not customary to hold your hands near your head, so you can get a good slap in the face. And you need to wear suitable clothes. Mobility is pretty bad in jeans or trousers. Although the sight of a dude flying with his feet first will make the villains run away from him.

5. Muay Thai

In other words, Muay Thai or eight-limbed fighting. Why eight? Because in addition to arms and legs, elbows and knees go into battle. To some extent similar to karate, but differs in the absence of kat. It is also similar to boxing (it is not for nothing that it is called Thai boxing).

Easy to learn: is mastered in much the same way as boxing. For a beginner, initial physical preparation is more necessary. Although there are punches to the head in Muay Thai, stretching is not that important.

Duration of preparation: After just six months of training, you will be able to show off your skills in inflicting pain on people to varying degrees.

Entertainment: In terms of entertainment, Thai boxing and boxing are approximately on the same level. Although they say that Muay Thai is more spectacular due to the kicks.

Efficiency: To put it simply, Muay Thai is boxing and kicking, so the effectiveness of using Thai boxing outside the hall is clear without any doubt. Many people are unprepared for kicks and will reflexively lower their arms to protect their lower torso, which is where boxing skills come in handy. And the calling card of Thai boxing - the low kick - has not yet been canceled.

6. Jiu-Jitsu

A school of oriental martial arts designed to turn the enemy's power against him. Used by samurai to protect themselves from an armed enemy. Hitting armor is quite stupid and painful for the defender, which is why throws and creases predominate in this type of martial arts.

Easy to learn: This martial art can be mastered by anyone (even your girlfriend); it does not require great strength or endurance.
Duration of preparation: as in all martial arts, it takes time and more time.

Entertainment: There is practically no entertainment in the long romp on the ground at competitions. Only an experienced amateur of this direction will understand the whole bouquet of correct deflections and submissions to the painful position.

Efficiency: Ideally, when mastering the technique of jiu-jitsu, it is practically impossible to get hit in the face, or even more so, to be crippled. Every blow of the enemy will be turned against himself. Each grab will lead to a painful one. But will pain stop Gopnik? This is another question, although no one forbids breaking his fingers or hand.

In conclusion, I would like to say that every sport is good and it is better to do at least some than to sit at home and grow belly fat. And what is right for you is, again, up to you to decide. Take a free class in each section and choose the art you like. And if you have already chosen, write in the comments which one and why.

Going to a sporting goods store, parents, along with balance bikes, bicycles, roller skates and other sports equipment, sweep from the display cases sets of protection for the back, knees, wrists and even helmets for their active children. In such “armor” the child will be protected from external factors that, when playing sports, can cause physical harm. How can you help your child learn to protect his or her “I”? “I am a Parent” has outlined rules that will help strengthen the child’s inner core and educate him. By the way, it is quite possible that our advice will be useful to many adults in communicating with other adults.

Rule one. Don't be afraid to admit your mistakes and be optimistic!

Let's imagine dinner in kindergarten. Your child accidentally drops a plate, and it, along with the carrot casserole, flies onto the tiled floor and breaks with a bang. How will the baby react? Is he afraid that the teacher will scold him? Will he run away from the scene or will he insist that he didn’t do it? Teach your child to admit their mistakes, not to hide from responsibility, but at the same time not to make a tragedy out of what happened and to see the best in everything! Raise an optimist. After all, plates crash for luck! Nobody got cut - isn't that a miracle? The optimist kid will definitely be joined by another kid who will share his carrot casserole. After all, eating together is much more fun. And when the child gets older, the ability to take responsibility for his actions and optimism will always help him defend his “I” and find ways out of the most.

Rule two. Do not respond to attempts to humiliate you!

Of course, no one has ever managed to escape from teasing, nicknames and name-calling. Another question is how to respond to them. Distorting one's own last name or first name can make someone cry in the school toilet, while others can make them smile. Teach your child to ignore teasing and not to come up with nicknames for other people, because everyone has a name. You just need to internalize this truth, but not get hung up on it. If a child starts explaining to everyone with trembling lips that in fact “I have a name!!!”, this will only inflame the crowd. “Don’t react or smile back,” is an unexpected but pleasant take on name-calling from a home-grown optimist. Just imagine how this simple philosophy will help a child in the future when people say things much more offensive to him than teasing him in kindergarten.

Rule three. Don't show fear.

The child returns from school. On the way, older children meet and begin to threaten. No one has the right to force a person to act against his will, or to threaten or cause pain - this is what your child must learn. It’s worth explaining to him that you need to be able to defend yourself, although not always with your fists. You need to be able to find the strength in yourself to smooth out the conflict and not show it, even if it’s so scary that your voice trembles. Staying strong and having a confident dialogue is the most important thing. Well, if it doesn’t help, and the offender starts, then your child should be able to defend himself. Teach him simple self-defense techniques. Just in case. If he knows that he can respond to a physical blow, then in such situations it will be easier for him to “hit” with words.

Rule four. Be able to say “no”.

Your deskmate asks your child to carry his briefcase, and the child agrees. Masha from a parallel class is constantly begging for sweets, and your son gives her all the sweets that you put with him. Of course, responsiveness and kindness are good qualities; you should definitely help and share with friends, but the child needs to be shown the difference between friendship and manipulation. The child must be taught to say “no” if he does not want to do something. Otherwise, he, at the same time as everyone else, or simply out of habit of giving in to his friend in everything, will not be able to say “no” when he is offered “let’s try a cigarette” or “go hit this boy.” Teach your child that he always has a choice and should not be afraid to refuse something. You need to be kind, but you cannot allow others to take advantage of this kindness.

Rule five. Don't be afraid to ask for help.

Your child is unable to make a craft from plasticine, and, tired of struggling with the stubborn material, he abandons the idea and never returns to it. Asking adults for help is a shame, because he himself is already big, and his peers can shame him because they succeeded. Teach your child not to be ashamed of the fact that he does not know how to do something, and to ask for help. But asking for help does not mean putting everything on others. Let them show him how to properly hold the plasticine in his palms or sculpt one of the parts, but he can handle the rest himself. Thus, the child will feel that he, too, can and can do it and will not feel complex about failures. And if today you teach him to correctly ask for help in such small things, then tomorrow it will help him cope with much more complex life tasks.

Rule six. Instill a love for sports.

Let's go back to the same sports store where it all started. Remember that a morning jog with mom, winter skiing with dad, or a serious passion for swimming will help build self-confidence. Infect your child with a love of sports. This is good for both you and him. , motivates to achieve goals in competitions and will definitely lead to victory. A child who has tasted victory in sports competitions will win in life and will certainly always be able to stand up for himself in difficult situations. In addition, it is not easy to offend, humiliate, or force a physically strong child to do something against his will.

To get a yellow belt in karate you need at least 1.5 years, but you can master Israeli special forces wrestling in just 6 months.

If you don’t feel too confident when seeing a girl off in the evenings, and the last fight ended for you already in the eighth second, it’s time to change something in this life.

For example, stop training the calf muscles that are useless in close combat in the gym, and do something more serious.

In just 6-18 months, anyone can learn to fight well. Here are the five most effective self-defense systems:

No. 5: Kyokushinkai Karate

This most spectacular form of karate was invented 60 years ago by the legendary Masutatsu Oyama. They say that he was simply tired of watching how the ancient martial art degenerated and became less and less contact-oriented. As a result, already in the 1960s, Oyama’s brainchild was called nothing more than “karate for millions.”

If you choose kyokushinkai, then within a year and a half you will be able to pass the exam for the 6th kyu - a student “grade” with a yellow belt. This means that you can deal with one or two smokers in the gateway without a lighter.

#4: Kickboxing

Legend has it that the term “kickboxing” was coined in the early 1970s by Chuck Norris. Whether this is true or not, this fusion of boxing and oriental martial arts has become very popular all over the world. No dans, kyu or other tameshiwari. Instead, it is a battle familiar to the Slavic soul, where blows are delivered with full force - with legs and arms. In a word, everything you need to stand up for yourself if something happens.

Of course, it is much easier to advance in kickboxing if you have completed a technical educational program in boxing or taekwondo. But after just a year and a half of classes “from scratch,” you will feel that you are worth something in this world.

#3: Jiu-Jitsu

This martial arts veteran is over 400 years old. But if earlier this samurai training complex taught how to not only break an enemy, but also quickly send him to the next world, today it is simply self-defense for everyone.

Unlike karate, in jiu-jitsu the emphasis is not on strikes and blocks, but on bending, choking, painful holds and throws. It was not for nothing that even the policemen of Tsarist Russia studied the techniques of this system at the beginning of the 20th century. To master jiu-jitsu at a level sufficient for self-defense, 8-10 months will be enough for you.

No. 2: Kadochnikov system

The “youngest” self-defense system was born in the restless head of the head of the laboratory of the Krasnodar Military School, Alexei Kadochnikov, in 1983. Despite the fact that it is taught in special forces, it is accessible to everyone - from a teenager to a housewife.

The only negative: to find out how “this” works, you need not so much to have a good punch with both hands, but to know physics, psychology and anatomy. Kadochnikov himself did not show the techniques, but explained the physical laws or principles underlying them. Therefore, if you manage to find a science-savvy instructor, after 7-8 months of training you will be tearing up black belts like napkins.

#1: Krav Maga

A unique school of contact combat, which is “professed” in the Israeli army, police and special forces. Has nothing to do with competitions, sparring, medals or any philosophy. And therefore it is considered the most effective and useful martial art in real life.

Krav Maga was developed in the 1930s by Imi Lichtenfeld, who in this way decided to teach skinny Slovak Jews to fight off attacks from muscular stormtroopers.

In this Israeli “struggle” everything is logical and thought out. The emphasis is on countering an armed attack. And even to the smallest detail, defense with improvised means (from a pencil to a diplomat) and a group fight are worked out.

The main thing in Krav Maga is to understand the reflexes of both your own and your opponent. If you are mobilized, you can actually complete the course and become invincible in just 6 months.