Is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu a good martial art for street fights self-defense and getting-mugged defense?

Like, what if your enemies are two people? Or three? Or what if the guy has a knife? Or if you're in a bar and the guy can grab a bottle of beer. You can too.
Brazilian/Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, not the Japanese Jujutsu.

BJJ is NOT for the street and NOT vs. multiple attackers. I will recommend Krav Maga, which is an Israeli martial arts specifically designed for street and military hand to hand combat. It is quite brutal and teaches defense vs multiple attackers as well as chokes, holds, knife attacks and guns.

There are some good Krav Maga studios in the states.

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What style of martial arts is best for street fighting and self defense?

I was never taught how to fight by anyone, and now that I'm growing older, I see how important it is to know how to protect yourself. I'm in high school and I am worried all the time about something happening to me and me not being about to do anything. I was considering taking martial arts classes, but I need to know which one will really teach me what I need to know in order to beat someone in a REAL fight. I'M NOT AT ALL INTERESTED IN TOURNAMENTS OR THE SPORT. So which style is best for street fighting?

1st of all i want to start by saying practically ALL martial arts have some self defense applications especially if the instructor is good. Whether it is a 1 2 in boxing, elbows in thai boxing, swift kick in taekwondo(yes i said taekwondo even tho i dont prefer it if trained properly it can be used for selfdefense), throws in judo, or submissions in brazilian jujitsu. If it is a good gym or dojo and instuctor tell him your goals wanting to be able to defend yourself and they should be able to help you.

that being said you need a decent standing and grappling game and most arts are not complete in that sense. ex boxing almost all striking lacking grappling, and bjj mostly ground work lacking standing strikes.

in this sense to be an overall well rounded fighter able to defend yourself you need to crosstrain mixing up some grappling with striking so like the mma gym i go to it has boxing/thai boxing/bjj
most popular among mma fighters seem to be a ground grappling art:sambo, bjj...striking art: thai boxing seems popular and a trapping art to get a person to the ground like wrestling or judo.

now to me that would seem kinda time consuming for some1 who is looking to defend themselves and no looking to compete....also im looking at that most people you would encounter on the streets wouldnt be that great of fighters anyways

i suggest an art that incorporates all these elements in one jeet kune do, krav maga, and san soo they are focused solely on self defense and non of these styles have tournaments since it focuses totally on disabling the attacker

these styles are focused on real fights having no rules and utlizing blows such as eye gouges, biting, lowblows; along with traditional punchin kicking etc.. anything that is necessary to survive. being in krav maga i know that at my place we focused on alot of gun and knife defense along with surprise choke holds etc...like on the streets. and how to try to avoid the fight or trying to calm the attacker down(which if it doesnt prevent the fight it gives you time to think and give the attacker a false sense of confidence) also good about krav is that it works on the body's natural reflexes making it fairly easy to learn. and all focus on striking vulnerable point of the body

the only proplem i have with these hybrid arts are if the instructors are good. for jeet kune do due to bruce lees premature death their few people truly trained in real jeet kune do, krav maga i've seen 1 of the gyms in my area was ran by someone who wasnt skilled and makes me question how the Krav Maga Association of America regulates who can teach, and i don't really know too much about san soo.

but overall you need to go to a gym or dojo tell the instuctor what you are trying to achieve and see if what they are teaching is realistic to use in a real fight, and sparring with RESISTING opponents is good too. and if a belt system is offered try to avoid any that seem belt oriented they are probably just trying to get your money

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