What Are the Most Effective Martial Arts? - Jocko Willink

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Excerpt from JOCKOPODCAST 23

[naikhanomtom]

I trained Muay Thai for years and got to a point where I felt confident that against someone of a similar size, I'm going to easily damage them. I then rolled BJJ for the first time and realised that if I don't manage to get a one shot knockout, eventually a grappler will grab you, get you down and the fight is literally over.

[alecmonaghan]

"Everyone has a plan till they get double leg take-downed" - Jocko Willink probably

[Lizardmanisbest]

Striking and grappling are both halves of the same thing: hand-to-hand combat.

[CaseyBurnsInvesting]

Being able to handle yourself striking and on the ground builds huge confidence

[jamsheeddevotee]

As a keyboard warrior, I'll tell you now, Krav is factually the best based on my years of inexperience.

[sagefthiccpaths]

My own sensei in karate brought in a close friend of his who was a BJJ instructor to teach BJJ classes twice a week because he said it was the most effective martial art for self-defense, especially for us young women. And as a young woman who has used BJJ to get out of a chokehold put on me by a guy, I'm always thankful for being introduced to martial arts and by extension, BJJ. It legitimately saved my life.

[curseofthewerebadger]

I remember my grandfather telling me that a fight shouldn't last any longer than three seconds. But then he was a WW2 SAS veteran so, to him, a fight ended when one of you was dead.

[itshendawg]

Me: Jocko, how do I defend myself?
Jocko: DO EVERYTHING

[nellynuz]

I was jumped by two guys. Super confident in my bjj, I took him down after he sundayed me in the back of the ear. As I began to go to work, his buddy started pounding me in the back of the head which got me to let him go. Once I let him go, he delivered three shots to my face knocking me out. Bjj only works against 1 dude.. Always be aware of your surroundings 👍

[joshuaellison]

"...The next thirty decades of my life..."
*Jocko is Wolverine confirmed*

[AstralHyren]

I did Taekwondo as a kid then wrestling in high school, and now I'm doing boxing. Before I did wrestling, though, if someone got me in a headlock I was in trouble. You gotta know both for each situation.

[zsedcftglkjh]

Boxing: the art with easiest learning curve; even a little training will go a long way, but it can be honed to a masterful level. Stance, striking, and defense.

[gt]

The legend has it. Jocko traps the souls of his fallen enemies in his forearms.

[MMALAB]

My main art, my base is Muay Thai, which incorporates sparring, devastating strikes but also a lot of grappling which makes it really a really good choice and a perfect stand-alone complete martial art to invest in it, for using it -if ever needed in self-defense situations. But jujitsu can help us to complete our main art, whatever this is, and transform it to another level, as it fits perfectly everywhere and has no real form, it takes form depending on the situation, so it is a valuable tool to confront everything. 🙏

[tristar]

Jocko: *thinking about the next 30 decades of his life*

[mikeharvey]

My old Kenpo instructor... who started in his early 20's and is now in his 60's and a 10th degree black belt... always encouraged us to go learn some jujitsu or something similar and incorporate it into our Kenpo. His logic is he recognized that the one weakness of kenpo was a lack of ground game, and he believed it couldn't hurt us and only help us if only to get a different perspective.

[Uncle_Tijikun]

I am a traditional karateka, trained in full contact Okinawan karate and I have to back what Jocko says. Thinking of stopping a grappler with striking only is pure fantasy.

[IG-knne]

"Do everything" love it! Let's go coach!

[calebe]

I believe that when the person claimed to be a traditional karate practicer, he means that he practices something closer to the original Okinawa karate, which was based in self defense and included grappling and the use of weapons, opposed to the sportified version of karate which is widely practiced around the globe as a form of sports, competition and recreation.

[dansmol]

Just find what you love!!!! If you enjoy the process, you’ll succeed. Of course, having two different arts combined is great! Boxing and Jiu-Jitsu for me)