What is the best martial art for quick learning and for someone who has never been in a fight before?

Question

Also, how do you increase the power behind your punch?

Answer 1

Answer 1: The one you're willing to devote yourself to. Any of them should give you enough of a taste in a few weeks time that you could reasonably escape from a fight with minimal injury.

Answer 2: Power in a punch comes from putting your body behind the punch. The easiest way is to add rotation of the hips. Step punching will add more by shoving your body forward with the trailing leg. To make the punch more effective, learn to use different types of strikes (fists or striking surfaces) to hit into sensitive areas. Now add speed. Train for speed by training slow to move smoothly. When you can do it slow and smooth, you can do it fast.

Answer 2

Personally I really liked either Judo or Wrestling (East or West take your pick).  The reason it because they teach you very practical methods to take your opponent down, remove any leverage advantages they may have and reduce any strength advantages they may have.

There are many guys I would be terrified to fight standing up because they have longer reach and more power but on the ground I know how to bypass this and create the leverage and power I need and their punches won't be relevant.

Answer 3

if you need to learn quickly, nothing will be particularly useful.  maybe the basics of boxing, like hands up, and jab cross hook combo, and how to control in the thai clinch and knee?

Answer 4

the answer truly lies on whatever you are most comfortable with...

my suggestion is finding a mixed martial arts training center...

other than that, boxing, kickboxing, Brazilian jujitsu, and practical self-defense classes would be among the most use full in a fighting situation

Answer 5

It depends on who your fighting but not one martial art covers all but the one i reccomend would be wing chun gung fu mostly because it teaches how to defend yourself using bone structure rather then just muscles and how you learn to end a fight quickly.