not a journalist
Wotzy
the poitnof mentioning martial arts like krav maga & ninjitsu over say
judo
is Judo is about wrestling with rules, likewise katate.
If you kid ends up under attack those safety rules are not there, you have to fight dirty and effectively
So its a simple case of doing the equivalent of looking up a which magazine review of whihc are the most effective martial artsd much like whihc is the best phone on the market.
Krav maga being the martial art used by the FBI, CIA, Isreali army, police and specail forces, tested on terrorists in modern day situations kinda proves it er actually works resonably well whilst
Marquis of Queenbury rules such as no punching below the belt wont help when some nut job has you in a neck lock and their buddy is about to knife you as they think you dissed them as you looked at them upset when they were picking on some old lady.
Likewise Ninjitsu was used by smaller people, sneaky, underhand and very efficient, covering break falls also comes accross as effective.
Parkour is basically 'professional running away' combined with climbing, how to jump from heights, accross big gaps etc.
Its not a case of pass or failiur... in real life especailly nowadays its likely that you kids can get themselves into the kind of trouble where pass or failure is
Pass live or fail and die or end up crippled possibley with a slashed up- face for life
Id rather avoid a kid being armed... certainly no knife as a knife is not an effective means of self defence its an attacking weapon.
the difference is if you you stab somone odds are they wont notice for a while and it wont stop them... they may die of loss of life of organ failure in 20 minutes or more during which time they can make micnemeat of you.
Whilst something like a taser or pepper spray you would nutralise them instantly withtou doing perminant damage enabling you to run away.
However its unfortuneate that many of these gang types wont leave it at that and then get on their phone to get armed mates to come and get you or if they cant find you anyone from your neighbourhood will do so sometimes horribly as it may sound the only thing you can do is kill them so they cant come after you.
As the kind inot respect, turf and gangs is not really human just an evil scumbag who only exists to hurt others