Using techniques that incorporate triangular footwork can work very well against multiple opponents, as the footwork allows you to attack and line up the opponents simultaneously. Here is an example of a single stick triangular footwork drill in pictures. You can see it in video on this page. Obviously using a weapon would be a great advantage against multiple opponents more on that soon , but the same footwork can be used with a variety of techniques.
Another way to line up opponents is to force them into having to line up for you. See my weapons page for more on using weapons in self defense. Projectile weapons pepper spray, a bright tactical light at night, or a gun and long range weapons stick, machete, etc.
Many people who write me want to be able to use their unarmed martial art in all situations. There are many situations that would be difficult if not impossible to survive without the use of a weapon. For that reason, I highly recommend learning to use them, and using them whenever you need to.
If you follow the advice on my awareness and prevention page , Thanks for sharing these tutorials. A moving, and experienced opponent will have no issue neutralizing your weapons with an effective, and ferocious jab. In a multiple opponent scenario if the opponents are already pounding on you, then you have a serious and extremely difficult problem.
Lining them up can still work, as can blasting through one to get to a place where you can line them up, and triangular footwork can help. But the two images I posted were in reference to a surprise attack against a threat. The key is to have experience in the MMA Base, to know how to deal with the jab, etc.
These techniques, in my experience, can work even better than standard kick boxing techniques, because they are more unexpected, and the average kick boxer is not as prepared to defend against them. I like your techniques when faced with this particular scenario. I also use a great deal of savage low level leg kicks to soften the opponents base. I think one of the best ways to deal with this matter is what Rex Applegate wrote in his book, Kill or get Killed is to constantly keeping moving by forcing the attackers to constantly change their pattern of attack.
I like to employ deceptive techniques to confuse and confound the attackers. Informative article! Anyway, being a younger woman. What are your thoughts? Please take a look at my page on self defense for women. Keep moving try to put them off their stride. Yes go for vulnerable targets eyes groin throat. The basis of Krav Maga. Forming itself around elements taken from multiple other martial arts including wrestling, aikido, boxing, judo and karate.
Krav Maga looked to take only the essential and most efficient pieces and form a cohesive, practical and easily executable martial art. It is most definitely up there in terms of the best martial art when dealing with multiple attackers. And I would not say no to training in it if there was not an MMA gym in the local vicinity.
While the main focus of Krav is to del with weapon-based attacks by single attackers. Many of its elements are still viable in a multiple attacker situation. And the fact that it is so widely respected and used by military and police forces around the world is a testament to its effectiveness.
How many videos have you seen of someone with good hands fending off multiple attackers , as I know I have seen my fair share.
One man versus 10 angry taxi drivers in Turkey or a boxer defends his girlfriend against a group of street thugs.
If you want to find these videos you will and you may very well think, hey, boxing is the martial art I need. What I would say to this is that in many of those examples given, the vast majority of attackers had absolutely no clue how to fight. And they simply ran directly at the boxer as he landed punches one by one, knocking the men to the ground.
But you should take these scenarios as the exception and not the rule. As in any of the given situation, you could have very easily had a group of people who were at least somewhat able to somewhat handle themselves. Imagine if you will multiple attackers coming at those same boxers, but shooting for a rugby-style takedown.
Using their legs to kick and avoid the hands, before piling on and all the time the person trying to defend themselves only knows how to throw punches. Any of these situations could have ended very differently, with the man on the ground and multiple people beating on him. When the real aim in a group attack scenario is to create space and not let the attackers get you to the ground. So, for this reason, I could never recommend boxing as the right martial art for dealing with more than one attacker.
So then we come to the beautiful martial art of jiu-jitsu. Without a doubt one of the most effective and efficient martial arts you can learn. But jiu-jitsu is very much for one on one fights, that may often end on the ground.
Trust me when I say, as someone who has trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. That you can often be up against someone much smaller than you, who can still kick your ass. BJJ is truly a martial art where technique is king and on the mats, I would choose it over many of the other grappling martial arts.
But on the streets, against multiple attackers , the last place you want to end up in on the ground. A swift kick or punch to your head and that may be all you will remember. By all means, learn BJJ, it a fantastic martial art and sport that will teach you respect, awesome technique and get you in amazing shape.
But you do not want to go to the ground in a mass brawl situation , so as a result, I would not recommend it is this particular case. Judo would be very much put in the same bracket as BJJ when it comes to street or brawl situations.
A relatively modern martial art, Judo relies on throws and submissions to overcome an opponent. With throws leading to takedowns, chokes, arm locks and or pins. Again, ending up on the ground in order to finish the fight is not a dominant or logical position when you have other attackers involved. Which outside of the dojo in a fluid and rapidly changing situation is of little value.
So for these reasons, I would have to say that Judo is not an optimal martial art for dealing with several attackers. Now some will say that you should not throw punches in a street fight. As a not so well placed punch could easily result in a broken hand. And once your hand is broken, it could well be curtains for you as you are charged down by the mob.
Some have also said that using kicks is not a smart move in a street fight, as once your leg is off the ground. This may lead to you being knocked off balance and pushed to the floor.
You will not be able to take the first attacker to the ground. You need to do a Judo flip hopefully hurting them when they hit the concrete. Then on to the next attacker. This is very difficult to do and you have to be a high-level fighter to really fight off multiple attackers. If you let them surround you then you are in trouble. I know what you are saying that Muay Thai is a sport so it is limited in self-defense against multiple attackers. I disagree because this sport is brutal so only a few hits and kicks can easily knock an attacker out.
Muay Thai mostly focuses on punching, kicking, knees, and elbows. The other important parts of Muay Thai are balance, power, and speed. This is why Muay Thai is such a great system for self-defense because it is a system built for stand-up fighting that has devastating strikes. Movement, speed, and power are so important when defending yourself, especially against multiple attackers.
Muay Thai fighters pride themselves on being tough. They can handle many kicks or punches in a street fight. They have conditioned their bodies to take hits. The point is this art is deadly and it only takes a few elbows and knees to drop an attacker then deal with the next attacker. It was a very effective fighting art that probably not too many people in the US know about.
This is really popular in the Philippines. In Arnis, students learn to fight first with weapons then once they get really good the move to empty hand fighting. The training usually has fighters learning double stick fighting using both hands or one hand has a stick and the other a knife.
The training wants you to have a weapon in both hands, not just one. These practitioners are deadly in a fight if they have a weapon and even doing empty hands. They train to fight in the street or be able to defend themselves.
This is a stand-up fighting martial art. This martial art has katas and sparring. The reason we have this listed is the sparring because it is much harder than most fighting schools. Full contact fighting is really what you want to get to when training in this martial art. The training is hard and sparring is more realistic than most schools.
This is why we think this martial art will help you fight off multiple attackers. Kickboxing is a combat sport that uses a lot of kicking and punching. It can be used against multiple attackers because of its diversity in techniques and its power and quickness. It basically combines a lot of techniques from other martial arts which is another reason why it is good for self-defense because you have a little bit of every form.
You can use your hands, feet, elbows, and head to defeat your attacker. Knee and elbow strikes can really make the difference when it comes down to fighting against multiple people. There are also different forms of kickboxing, so it is kind of a broad term.
Overall kickboxing is a contact sport that is used for many things but great for self-defense. This is especially useful when your attacker is unarmed. The kicks and blows that are taught through kickboxing are meant to be lethal and powerful while also being quick.
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