Which self defense and H2H is best for a 16 year old male?

Question

He was looking at Krav Maga.. too serious? This will be used for "defense," so I assume street fighting.

Thanks in advance to all who answer my question!

Answer 1

How serious and how long do you want to study?

Krav Maga is designed to be brutal fight against enemy or untrained street punk, not to mention it's designed as military MA, meaning it's for people who actually spend more time on gun range than in the mat (actually they spend very little time on the H2H mat as percentage comparison of soldier's training)

Against a trained fighter, I don't think Krav Maga is that effective.

16 yrs old is a good age to train Jujitsu, you're still more limber, and flexibility is good in jujitsu.

About the whole way to deal in street fight, lots of those will be common sense.

Answer 2

Seriously? Judo.

Answer 3

If you read my answer in your other question you will see there is a difference between street fighting and self defense, so I wont go over it again.

For a 16 year old I would recomend either Japanese Jiu Jitsu or Judo, with Judo being prefered, simply because it focuses on grappling, so there would b less liability then with a striking art. That being said any good martial art that is taught well will drill into your sons head that it is only for self defense, not street fighting. If it comes down to me getting physical, i am not going to worry about how much damage I do to my attacker, within what the law says is allowed, because by that point everything I have tried to do to avoid it has failed, and it was forced upon me. Any Martial Art will also help your son carry himself better, with confidence, which sends signals out to human predetors to look elsewhere, for somebody easier.

I have never been in a "street fight" in almost 19 years of training, and only had one time where I actually had to defend myself.