What is the best type of martial arts for self defense, judo, jujitsu, or karate?
There are over 400 different styles of Karate, some are just a sporting game, some are very good for self defense, some are not much of either. Judo is a sporting game based on the actual war art of Jujitsu. Jujitsu is a very good self defense system that uses pressure points and joint manipulations and has been used in the past by soldiers to kill other soldiers during times of war, so it is well proven to work … Aikido is a newer martial art that is mostly based on the far more ancient Jujitsu, but somewhat simplified and improved … Brazilian Jiujitsu is also a newer martial art that is also mostly based on Jujitsu with a higher emphasis on ‘take downs’ and ground grappling rather than standing joint locks & breaks … Ninjitsu (or Budo-Taijutsu) is also related to Jujitsu, but is far more encompassing and has deeper internal developments and higher spiritual aspects to it, as well as including much more detailed anatomy, physiology, nutrition, herbal medicines, poisons & their a
When I began to study jujitsu the sensei said the martial art that would work best is the one you are good at. Sounds sort of flaky at first but it makes sense. I would spar with people from a judo class and can say that it was more of a sport than self defense. As a jujitsu student I had more “street” techniques that were just plain mean and dirty that could be used during a fight then the judo students had. They were more focused on what they were allowed to do during a competition and the jujitsu students were focused on what they could do to hurt somebody. That is just my experience and jujitsu encompasses a very large variety of techniques. But I’ll give the judo guys this much, they were much more comfortable ground grappeling than jujitsu guys were. At least until the jujitsu guys started grabbing throats and twisiting wrists!
