Kurt wrote:ElPeregrino wrote:Take either a Krav Maga class (which is getting a bit too mainstream for my tastes)
So Krav Maga is to martial arts now what REM was to college music in the late 80's?
In my opinion, yeah. Too many forty-something women with pepper spray in their Gucci bags at the local gym for me to stick around.
On the other hand, Kali/Escrima teaches the same empty hand techniques as Krav combined with some weapons stuff focusing mainly on knife defense and escrima (glorified bamboo sticks) fighting.
But yes, it never hurts to find a horde of fucked-up crackheads to follow you around and kick people's asses when they piss you off.
Or just try to avoid the situation (never worked for me in the situations I think you're describing though).