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rbftfire wrote:This is all very valuable advice. I will tend to agree with all who are on the Krav Maga supporters list. I have studied several martial arts and I really love Judo. When a BJJ school opened up near me, I switched and fell in love. Later on, I studied Krav Maga at an IKMF school. I only stopped because I had to move and there are no Krav Maga schools close to me. I respect all martial arts and believe they all have value and purpose. For practical, real life defense, Krav Maga is the way I would go for sure.

Sounds like I might be giving Krav Maga a try as well, I have heard good things about it but havent had much time to look into it.

Medic624 wrote:IF... I'm in an unavoidable confrontation and the assailant is clearly unarmed but he is obviously going to get physical with me I just don't think it is "justifiable" or "right" in this circumstance to draw my weapon and escalate the incident to deadly force...and I know... We get into a tussle and he gets my weapon and then it gets real bad but...

One thing I have to point out here, is it is VERY possible to be killed or to have serious bodily harm inflicted upon yourself by an "unarmed" attacker. Thats not to say that learning to fight is a bad thing, I highly recommend it, for one because you cant always get to your gun right away. I would say Jiu Jitsu would be helpful, its mainly ground fighting and submissions, but you will learn take downs which would allow you time to get to your weapon. Jiu Jitsu would be good to know if you don't carry 24/7, as it is a very effective fighting style, trust me when I started out I was like why do I need to do this I can just throw a punch or a kick or something. When we got to sparing I asked why is this better than traditional karate, he told me to throw a punch and I would see... I did, I ended up on the ground in a submission before I even figured out what happened.