which is better muay thai or brazilian jiu jitsu?

Muay thai is better for striking.

Brazilian jiu jitsu is better for grappling.

Both work for self-defense, neither is better.

They're both equally good in their own way. Muay Thai is a striking based martial art and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a grappling based martial art. Muay Thai is considered one of the deadliest styles because the strikes utilized are aggressive and straightforward, using the hands, feet, elbows, and knees to subdue an opponent. BJJ teaches that a smaller person can defeat a larger opponent by using leverage to knock the enemy off balance. It utilizes chokeholds submission holds, and joint-locks, making it an effective martial art for ground fighting. BJJ however would be tougher to utilize against multiple opponents. They are both good for self defense, the choice is yours. Go with Muay Thai if you wish to learn how to strike effectively, or go with BJJ if you like grappling and fighting on the ground.

There is no better or best martial art. Trying to compare arts is like comparing painting styles. It has a lot of subjective points, and there's really no way of knowing. However, what we do know is that arts taught poorly, are completely and utterly useless. Thus your main focus should be on finding a good school, not what art is best.

Google a list of schools in your area. From here, compile a list of arts you feel are the most interesting or that you like the most. Once you have this list down, go visit the local schools of the style of your choice. While visiting these schools, make sure the instructor is knowledgable and that the school is not a McDojo. Once you have visited all the schools in your area and you have a good list of schools, decide which school you like the best or which one is cheaper, or closer, etc.

There are no bad styles, only bad teachers and bad students...no matter what style you choose, if you have a good, knowledgeable teacher and you are a good, dedicated student, you can't hardly go wrong. Any style can be trained in an effective way, or in an ineffective way. It's all in how you practice it.

It is absolutely essential for you to gain experience in real fighting, what most refer to as "street fighting". If you're like most people, you've probably at least been in a few such fights, even if you were very young at the time. This kind of experience is what enables you to tell the difference between self defense fighting and sport fighting. It is essential that you realize these are two very different animals.

Many styles emphasize one or the other, meaning they either emphasize sport fighting while downplaying street self-defense, or they emphasize street self-defense while downplaying sport fighting.

If what you want is self-defense, i STRONGLY encourage you to not study brazilian ju jitsu. It was invented more or less purely for sport, and rolling around on the ground is the LAST thing you EVER want to do in a real self-defense situation. BJJ works for the sporting environment that it was designed for, but its use on the street is quite limited because it really just teaches you how to win a one-on-one grappling match. Muay Thai would be much better for those purposes, but most MMA people in america teach it incorrectly and with a pure sporting emphasis. Unless you want to go to thailand or you're just lucky enough to find a teacher who knows the real stuff, Muay Thai might not be your best option, although it is very effective when taught and practiced correctly.

Out of the two, Muay Thai is your better option for self-defense, but I would advise studying arts which have less of a sporting emphasis. Wing Chun, Bujinkan, Kyokushin, Krav Maga, Kempo, systema, and Kali are all good examples of sports that are not as centered on winning competitions.

Sporting competitions have rules, and martial arts competitions usually have a lot of rules because these arts were originally designed for war. That simple. If you turn it into a sport, you have to water it down at least a little or people will get maimed and killed. Bear this in mind

Well they are both good martial arts and both effective for self-defense, but in different ways:

Muay-Thai lets you fight multiple aggressors at once, and has some powerful combinations.

BJJ lets you fight someone much stronger than you but still win, although you can only fight one person at once, which you cannot guarantee in a street fight.

Krav Maga is the ultimate in self-defense, but covers mostly stand-up, since you can't afford to get stuck on the ground, so despite both martial arts' usefulness, Muay-Thai is going to keep you going longer. And if you get the time, you can always train in BJJ sometime in the future.

Muay Thai Or Bjj

muay thai is better for fighting from a standing position and Brazilian jiu jitsu is awsome fighting on the ground

If you are choosing on those if what to choose, then this is the kind of inquiry that you itself must answer.

Because, there is no other who knows your capability beyond anything else except you, the issue here is not about your own physical ability, things rely upon your willingness and determination to learn, so that you may achieve your main aim, objectives, goal and purposes.

Think so many times and ask yourself if what you like most that can satisfy and make yourself comfortable with, the most efficient way is by visiting some legit dojo, if there are available in your area then go on and observe, ask some important and necessary questions to the assigned instructor related to your concern, maybe through that effort you can decide and push things if what's favor you most pleasingly.

Good luck

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Muay Thai would no doubt be better for self defense. BJJ is somewhat useless when more then one person is involved. Well to be honest it is somewhat useless in any situation that doesn't consist of a padded floor.

are you more comfortable striking or grappling? i would recommend you train is which ever you are less familiar at. I personally prefer BJJ just because in my previous experience all my fights ended up on the ground as im sure alot do. But both have their purpose and advantages.