Hi Lumac,
Welcome to the forum.
My opinion for what its worth.
For most mano y mano encounters, nearly every martial art will be effective because the overwhelming majority of people don't know how to fight.
Also, your location is gonna be important to your decision. If you want to study bjj but you are 100 miles away from a school, it ain't likely you are gonna study long enough to become proficient.
Body shape and size isn't as important as doing something that you enjoy doing. Heck, there are tons of tall and lanky BJJ students as well as short and stocky. Same for judo and most MA's I imagine.
So here are some other things to consider in making your decision.
1) Is the school convenient in terms of location hours and costs?
2) Do you mind getting hit? If you do toss out the striking arts. Conversely if grappling makes you uncomfortable toss out BJJ, judo and wrestling.
3) How frustrated do you get? Some arts like judo take longer to see results than other arts.
Good luck in whatever decision you make.
Take care.
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