I've been training muay thai for a couple years now and

>>1436883
also additional info; im about 5'6 and weigh 154 pounds

>>1436883
>>1436886
EDIT: im referring to effectiveness in a street fight

>>1436883
you want a combination of judo and bjj.

wrestling is more sport than martial art compared to judo and bjj.

wrestlers tend to get caught in guillotines or knifed in the back of the neck when going for take downs.

You honestly only need a little bit of judo and a lot of bjj.

Bjj is totally dominant. most people who say otherwise have little experience in fighting. Grappling always wins.

>>1436914
okay cool ive done a tiny bit of bjj, roughly how long do you think it would take to become proficient enough in bjj and judo to be able to use it in a streetfight?

>>1436917
2 years and that's putting in 6 hours total of drilling, learning, practicing and sparring a week.

it will take longer in bjj than judo and I recommend mastering 5 throws perfectly in judo while trying to absorb and learn as much as possible in BJJ

Ask the gym where you train to spar with people mma style so you can get a feel for what a street fight would be like.

Everything you learn is worthless unless it's put under stress testing in legitimate full force sparring.

But build up to that level slowly.

As a treat to a new BJJ practitioner here's a video of a little known BJJ technique you won't learn in the gym, it's utterly dominant and because it's off the back it can really save your skin in a street fight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgDju95X0xc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REMJzAgTFsM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJpdsPxu3gA

>>1436921
actually it will take you 1 year to use it in a street fight but it will take 2 years before you can go into literally any street fight against laymen who don't practice martial arts and are unarmed and know 100% you are going to win.

>>1436921
thanks man, helpful af

another thing, due to me being manlet and not heavy, how dependant on height/weight are judo/bjj? I always wanted to learn judo but thought that it would be pretty heavily dependant on weight at least, even though its about manipulating weight

>>1436928
judo is slightly more dependent on weight than bjj but both aren't really dependent on weight at all.

As long as you are around 160 and athletic you can hold your own against people with 60-100 lbs on you or more.

here's a vid demonstrating what I mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjFp1R5klo4

>>1436931
>>1436928

Of course if you were in an actual street fight you would break his arm.