"Altho i agree that martial arts prowess used agenst shamblers would be relitively futile; many weapons based arts would be benificial (ie. phillipine stick fighting, with a good set of eskrima sticks) would be lethal to uncle Zed. But one must not loose sight of the fact that, unfortunatly, it is human nature for our species to pray upon the week. Thus, you will need to be skilled enough to protect yourself from hostile humans as well as Zeds. Im 33, and have trained in several martial arts since i was 7 years old. I can tell you, nothing is full proof. iveseen grand masters get trounced by black belts, and black belts get trounced by boxers. It's all relative. Dont stop learning. Take a lot of different forms. Bruce lee and the MMA have the right idea, the more martial arts you know, and become profficant in, will make you more rounded, and thierfore better apt to servive a life or death encounter."

"I studied Israeli Krav Maga for about a year in NJ. It is a very effective and easy system to learn.

Cool thing about Krav Maga is you can become proficient in a very short time, weeks even. But it is not a "traditional martial art." It is a system, not a discipline. If you are looking for inner peace or enlightenment, Krav Maga is not for you.

EDIT: Here is a link to the school I trained in. If you have a few minutes, check out the demo - it's pretty cool stuff. the guys in the video are mostly the instructors I trained under.

www.israelikrav.com

Enjoy!
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"They train with all sorts of dummy weapons, if that's what you mean. Rubber firearms of every type imaginable, knives, umbrellas, batons, garrotes, and there are even techniques to defend against hand grenades or suicide bombers, although I never learned them.

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"what i see is this this, zombie trys to get me & grabs my sleeve, i cross side kick him/her in the chest & send it flying across the room, then wind fall kick its head in, my sensi said that is the best way to do it if unarmed because you can get alot more power in your legs & alot more range"

"ive already done it to my sensi, 10 feet from point of impact. its not that hard to do really. "

"...Attempting to kick a person above waist level in a legitimate life or death fight is a farce. You leave yourself open and unbalanced, presenting opportunity for your opponent...."