What martial art or arts would be the best to teach how to fight multiple...

[MreMsk]

...attackers and not just one person? List them.When I see kickboxing,wrestling,mma,mauy thia and others competitive martial arts it only focuses on beating your opponent to win against this one person but karatea and teakwando and kungfuand other sports do katas

 

[BrianF]

you would want to pick a disciple that focused a lot more on defense then offense if you were against multiple attackers. Conserving strength and picking opportunities.

Disciplines that do kata like events generally restrict it to their style, as they should.

However if you were to get ambushed on the strength, i would personally recommend judo or ninjutsu strictly for defensive purpose (styles many police officers learn) , throw the opponents one at a time, and make as moves as quick and as minimal as possible.

When at all possible avoid the fight to begin with. Fighting more then one guy at a time is asking for trouble.

 

[LIONDANCER]

I am suspecting you know very little about martial arts or you would know more about what Kata and forms are for and what you are supposed to practice when you do them. They are much more than just a form. It takes only a short time to learn the moves but noone sticks around in martial arts long enough to learn how to master just one Kata so it just stays a series of moves like a dance with little purpose.
Learning to beat up someone and martial arts are two very different things and often confused by people who know very little about martial arts..
To answer your question I would say get on your school's track team and learn how to run. It's the best defense against multiple attackers. Noone who has ever been in a real fight (not a schoolyard brawl) will stand and face multiple attackers regardless how much they know about martial arts. That is Hollywood stuff.
There are very good books out that explain the psychology of a fight. Study that. It will really open your eyes and give you a realistic view of fighting and why you shouldn't. It's pretty ugly. Once you know that you can look into defending yourself and decide how much is it worth to you standing and defending yourself.

 

[howedude]

i am studying aikijujitsu and in that art we study various ways of handling more than one opponent, we do randori which is you in the middle of a circle and having multiple people attacking you at the same time, the moves are effective but don't use much energy, so that way you don't get exhausted trying too do loads of powerful techniques and end up getting gassed, however no-one should fight if the odds are overwhelming, just do what you can to create a escape and then run, as they may have weapons or they may be able to overpower you.

 

[pugpaws2]

The whole concept of fighting multiple attackers and surviving is confined to the movies and those that are extremely lucky! It is not a reliable or realistic thing.


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[OCBujinkan]

Oh my... Lions and tigers and kata!

First off, training is how you learn to face multiple attackers. If you're not properly trained, you will fail, you will die.

Second, Kata are a teaching tool. Like learning the steps to a dance, they show you how to move your body in a one-two-three kind of way that will help you grow as a martial artist. It's through bunkai (??) that you learn the ways in which these techniques are actually applied -- the form gives way to principles.

Competitive martial arts are fine against multiple attackers so long as you train accordingly. Taking one guy to the ground the way you might in a BJJ tournament might be foolish, but it doesn't mean you can't take what you've learned in the art and apply it to the fight. Little tip -- techniques that work through pain or mechanical compliance on the ground will work standing up.

It's 100% about how you train, and having a good instructor to show you the way. If you don't, you're SOL. I strongly strongly believe that martial arts aren't about making sure you're always going to walk away -- they're about improving your chances. Accept that, learn to work with the knowledge that the application of what you're studying will probably mean you're going to die, and grow from there.

 

[A_Mysterious_Guy]

Are there some styles that may be better against multiple opponents than other? yes. However, I believe that it's not a certain set of moves that allow you to engage multiple opponents. Rather it's you having experience and being proficient enough to engage multiple opponent with which ever style you are trained in. In the end, I say it comes down to speed, technique, and luck.

Oh! and it also helps to knock out your opponent in one move so that they don't rejoin the fight.

EDIT: katas may not be useful in a self-defense situation, since your responce is dictated by your opponents attack. And since katas respond to a pre determined, invisible attack, your opponent may not respond the same way, rendering the kata useless. Of course, katas do build muscle memory, so that might help you out.

I don't know about other fighting styles, but I know that krav maga does some training against multiple opponents.

 

[ShihanJ]

some kata teach you the tactics to deal with multiple opponents.
kata teaches you everything you need to defend yourself. it the manual for the style you study, it to put it simply your style. the techniques you see in mma are in kata. its not just striking there is a lot of grappling in kata

its not about the style so much as the training and its not easy if you do end up getting it down it can take decades or longer. and even people that can deal with multiple opponent will run the first chance they get, it takes little for 2 or more people to get the upper hand, its not like a jet lee movie.