How can I learn to street moves?

Question

How and where can I learn street fight moves. I wanna be able to take down multiple opponent which is kinda hard. Are there any types of classes that teaches that kinda stuff. I also want to learn take downs and grappling and manupilating or disarming an opponent. Are there any classes that teaches any good punches and kicks. Karate ain't worth it.

Answer 1

The best way to learn street fighting is go to a karate dojo anywhere in town and tell the teacher that his art ain't worht it and you want to challenge him and 2 of his best students in a street fight outside.  That will be the best street fight training you'll ever get, and it's free!!

Answer 2

karate is not 1 style they have many and the best, hardest style is kyokushin karate (watch youtube) it is basically muay thai only that you can't strike fist to the head and you dont train whit those big gloves on , what you dont have on when you are street fighting. if you rly want the best on the street then go for mma or muay thai , krav maga (stand up fighting skills) and for ground game go for bbj , jujitsu, wersteling. But remember on the streets its better to not take your fight on the ground because if you do and that guy that you are slamming on the floor has some friends they will kick your *** when you're on the ground

Answer 3

As you said, Karate isn't worth it, I made it to almost black-belt before i realised this. MMA is the only simulation for a real fight. The main thing I think you're looking for is standing fights that if it goes to the ground you dont want to be hopeless.

For a ground fight, Brazillian Jiu Jitsu is the only real way to go, its unbeatable, so if you can find a local BJJ gym, thats the answer.

But ofcourse, most fights dont start on the ground, and thats why most local gyms around here (Australia) dont just practice BJJ, but also some wrestling, so you can decide to take it to the ground when facing a superior standup fighter, but also have Muay Thai classes.

Muay Thai is essentially Kickboxing with Knees and Elbows allowed, and clinching (some grappling), most good Muay Thai teachers have some boxing experience, so you'll really learn alot from them in every area.

The best style(s) really does depend on the size of you, small to above average will always find Muay Thai and BJJ useful, but very large blokes will very rarely end up on the ground, some basic kickboxing with good boxing skills would do the job for them, but for the rest of us, knowing how to kick someones legs out and grapple with closerange shots - Muay Thai is the answer, with some BJJ so that if anything you wont get smashed if it does end up on the ground.

Answer 4

Well...this is an interesting one.  There are a few systems I know that teach entirely for streets/battlefield.  I teach Krav Maga, many of our exercises deal with both modern weapons and multiple attackers.  

Krav Maga, Combat SAMBO and Vale Tudo are a few of the arts I know of where we have incorporated many street techniques into our systems.  Krav Maga and Combat SAMBO get you working against armed adversaries early on.  I have never seen a Vale Tudo class, but I know a couple of fighters, they are vicious.

Krav Maga evolved from the streets of Bratislava, to the battlefields of my country (Israel), picking up techniques from the streets and different martial arts.  Combat SAMBO has a similar history  as it is taught to Russian Special Forces.  In Krav Maga I take students out to the parking lot to train against multiple attackers, Combat SAMBO does the same, they do more with grappling, we in Krav Maga do more with striking.

Both we and the Combat SAMBO people deal with weapons from broken bottles and knives to firearms.  The funny thing is that in order to learn to defend against these weapons, you have to learn to attack with them, so your partner can practice defending against them.

I bring in paint pistols that look like the Sig-Sauer P226, I bring in broken bottles, baseball bats and  shotguns loaded with blanks for students to practice with (advanced level, beginners get plastic gun, rubber knife and a stick).  You get paint on you, it means you failed to get the weapon under control.  for beginners it is a little easier.  All for preparation for the battlefield/street.

What really separates a combat art from a martial art is lethality, in combat arts we practice dealing with lethality much of the time.  

This is my two cents, I for sure know of two combat arts where we work with modern weaponry, no swords or ancient weapons.  I survived 30 years of urban combat, somebody must have trained me well. :-)

Answer 5

I have spent almost 40 years in the dojo and the dojang practicing martial arts such as Japanese Shotokan karate, Tae Kwon Do and Aikido. You had better get REALISTIC about martial arts training my friend because there is nothing you can learn "overnight" to help you in a street fight, especially against multiple opponents. "Karate ain't worth it"??? Then my best advice to YOU is to avoid trouble and walk away....no RUN AWAY...when you see it. There is no dishonor by learning how to avoid trouble. You also don't have the honor of explaining yourself to the police or appearing in court on charges of assault. (Cause you just KNOW the first thing a bully does after he gets beat up is run to the police).