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.
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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