So, I want to do some martial arts, for self defense. Ideally one that will be useful without giving me CTE, or any long term bad stuff, even though I feel this is already asking for too much 
I don't live in the U๐๐ so gun related stuff isn't really an option.
I'm somewhat heavy, with a year of experience in lifting, and my cardio is not the best, but I can do long walks (of 1 or 2 hours) before getting tired.
I'm going to move to a bigger city in September, and there's a lot of stuff available, so you can comment on the more niche options.
So yeah, any advice from your experiences is welcome lol
If I had known people started arguing over my post I wouldn't have made it.
Maybe when you can explain why I should ever just take the gamble and assume you aren't trying to do me serious harm when you so grievously breach the social contract as to lay your hands on me, a complete stranger, who may be armed and may take your threat very seriously.
Wow can hardly imagine what a heatscore you must be if this is anything other than fantasies. You sound like one of those "castle doctrine" dickheads. I wouldn't go anywhere with you IRL for fear you would escalate to 100% any little thing.
Ive experience "so grievously breach the social contract as to lay your hands on me" many times and in most cases I was able to easily exit the situation by shaking them off and walking away. Could even be some kind of benign mixup.
Since you have internet access, I must conclude this is all posturing because everyone gets touched once in a while out in public and if you actually shot people with such little provocation, you'd be incarcerated.
In US cities in 2025 there were 19 homicides for every 1000 aggravated assaults.
The vast majority of times a person 'lays their hands' on another are not prosecuted as an aggravated assault.
If you're not in a city, the odds are even better. In the US in 2022, 1.8 million people visited the emergency department of a hospital because they had been assaulted. Only 22,830 people were murdered. Most times someone 'lays their hands on' a person, that person does not end up in hospital.
Even without considering the impact on your life if you succeed, if you live in the US and think your plan of trying to shoot dead anyone who lays their hands on you has even a 2% chance of backfiring catastrophically then it's not a plan that will result in better outcomes for you.
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