Which grappling art should I do?

[DdayFighter]

Grappling should not be the main focus in RBMA. That being said, you'll find Judo and BJJ to be the most useful IMO.

[jubaji]

I wonder what grappling experience Uke has? Maybe he'll tell us.

[jubaji]

Yeah, judo would also be a good choice.

[Tom Yum]

I'm suprised judo isn't listed up there; neither is aikido.

[jubaji]

I'm sure it wasn't Denny's parking lot styled wrestling. He'll probably just avoid getting smacked in the mouth and he'll be fine.

Thanks for that contribution, pUke. You just feelin' extra small today and had to squeak up?


You got a promotion for COMBATIVES! to add here?

[Uke]

I wonder what the guy who started this thread finally decided on...

I'm sure it wasn't Denny's parking lot styled wrestling. He'll probably just avoid getting smacked in the mouth and he'll be fine.

[lorenzodamarith]

hello,

for self defense..... you need practice defending yourself.... that is, a place that routinely places you in the position of being attacked by groups or weapon wielders.

tonyblauer used to have a school in toronto that specialized in this (chufendo). there may be similar things in new york.

also, raphaelkayanan (called sunhelmet here). if you insist on grappling, your obvious choices are renzogracie, stephenkoepfer or marcossantos.

oh, just remembered, davidrudman used to run a place the did grappling, weapons, striking, two on one, three on one, etc. will try to find the name. it still operates (wanna say it is called the fight house, but this might be wrong).

thanks.

[Balo]

pankration does exist today. The names used to be trendy, but does not represent the original olympic sport.

I would choose BJJ or Sambo or catch as catch can sumbission wrestling (i'm from lancashire)

[jubaji]

I wonder what the guy who started this thread finally decided on...

[lionleo]

Why is Dumog not Included in the choices? I do dumog and it's pretty interesteng to see the similarities and the huge difference it posess compared to the more famous ones.

[fleetgunz]

sorry i did not proof my post.

[Tant01]

first, i would read two books as the techniques in them are PROVEN...in real world situations...first GET TOUGH by L.E Fairbairn and KILL OR GET KILLED by Rex Appelgate..I said to read them first because those techniques are still taught in one way or another by a lot of different sd/h2h/ma for sd. they will give you an overview of the skills that you should probibly have and they are a good measureing stick to use when you go shopping around for a place to train. better still if there is someone that can train you in those techniques then you will have a good basic skill set and can perfect different arts later..

first GET TOUGH by W*.E Fairbairn ... Typo.

[fleetgunz]

first, i would read two books as the techniques in them are PROVEN...in real world situations...first GET TOUGH by L.E Fairbairn and KILL OR GET KILLED by Rex Appelgate..I said to read them first because those techniques are still taught in one way or another by a lot of different sd/h2h/ma for sd. they will give you an overview of the skills that you should probibly have and they are a good measureing stick to use when you go shopping around for a place to train. better still if there is someone that can train you in those techniques then you will have a good basic skill set and can perfect different arts later..

[Tant01]

[I...... I would take judo, because, in my opinion, it tends to 'blend in' better with striking arts.

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[SwissPrecision]

@Warrior189: If you are thinking of SD I would take Tant01's advice and go for a weapon art (knife & escrima stick, in my point).
If you want to learn grappling for your over-all fighting, that's ok. But first, what is your MA background ? I would take judo, because, in my opinion, it tends to 'blend in' better with striking arts.