Best arts for multiple attackers and against Knife attackers

[AnAccountant]

Hi All,

What fighting arts do people recommend for fighting against multiple attackers and for attackers armed with knives?

Regards

AA

[Evil Solvalou]

Hi All,

What fighting arts do people recommend for fighting against multiple attackers and for attackers armed with knives?

Regards

AA

Situational avoidance/awareness and running away.

I'm sorry to tell you dude, but there isn't a martial art in existence that can adequately prepare you for weapons and multiple attackers. The best thing to do is to be smart and try to avoid situations like that; prevention is better than cure.

[Mtripp]

Gun-fu....

[MMAMickey]

so erm.. fuck it i'm just gonna ask,
Where do you plan on going, that will result in you being surrounded by multiple knife wielding attackers? seriously. It's not that likely you're going to wander into a massive butcher shop/mafia racket.. and if you did they'd probably pull out guns instead.

perhaps if you went into a crowd of cannibals?.. I dunno I'm seriously trying to think of a situation, do you have one in mind?

[Franco]

so erm.. fuck it i'm just gonna ask,
Where do you plan on going, that will result in you being surrounded by multiple knife wielding attackers? seriously. It's not that likely you're going to wander into a massive butcher shop/mafia racket.. and if you did they'd probably pull out guns instead.

perhaps if you went into a crowd of cannibals?.. I dunno I'm seriously trying to think of a situation, do you have one in mind?

Multiple attackers who probably carry knives lol

Solution?

Watch Roadhouse

[AnAccountant]

Hi MMAMickey,

I'm not planning on going anywhere dangerous but I keep hearing on the News that this person has been stabbed or beaten up by a group of people. So all I would like to know is if I'm ever confronted with a knife or a group or people what arts would serve me best?

AA

[Angry Mandrill]

well-laced nikes

[Evil Solvalou]

Hi MMAMickey,

I'm not planning on going anywhere dangerous but I keep hearing on the News that this person has been stabbed or beaten up by a group of people. So all I would like to know is if I'm ever confronted with a knife or a group or people what arts would serve me best?

AA

Well there's your problem. Stop watching the news; problem solved.

[MrGalt]

The problem is that you're insisting that there's a correct answer. There simply isn't. Nothing's going to help you deal with multiple attackers. Nothing's going to guarantee that you won't be hurt or killed against a weapon. At best you might train REALLY hard at something REALLY good and improve your survivability by a few percent.

[AnAccountant]

But I like watching the news it keeps me informed on what's going on in the world.

[MrGalt]

That's what Sociocide is for.

[AnAccountant]

MrGalt,

<<At best you might train REALLY hard at something REALLY good and improve your survivability by a few percent.>>

What do you consider as being really good?

AA

[MrGalt]

Something that trains you to attempt to execute realistic techniques against people who are attempting to execute realistic techniques against you.

[v1y]

the art of manufacturing guns.

[Ryno]

Assuming that you can beat up multiple attackers, is assuming that you are a badass and that they are chumps. I mean, if you cloned yourself, and 5 of your clones jumped you, would you win that fight?

It's a really bad position to be in. Ditto for going against people with weapons. Your best bet is to avoid going to places where a bunch of armed thugs hang out and look for trouble. Next up, run regularly. Run-fu is effective self defense. After that, employ a superior weapon. Finally, if none of these other options will work, then use your unarmed self-defense system of choice.

I would tend to lean toward some combination of Judo/Boxing/FMA or something similar. But if you don't watch out what sketchy neighborhood you are in, or you are fat and out of shape and can't run a few miles quickly, then your chances of effective self defense are still pretty minimal if you find yourself in a bad spot.