Geez, he never said he wanted to be the invincible king of self defense.
For non-weapon fighting MMA is by far the best. In the beginning of mixed martial arts all sorts of styles came to fight so fighters found out what works and what does not work. Straight boxing and submission grappling are the 2 key arts for fighting and self defense.
Many of the tricks they teach women in those "self defense for women" courses seem effective but in reality they don't stop an attacker or are harder to execute on a moving person. That's just one example.
With strong grappling skills you are always in a good position (except for getting mounted but even then you'll be trained to easily reverse the position, get up and flee) no matter how someone grabs you. If they maintain a distance then the best defense is boxing for punch defense, footwork/angles head movement and getting power behind your punch. Most untrained and traditional martial artists will approach you with their face unblocked allowing you to stun/knockout then get away or whatever the situation calls for.
If you include weapons as a factor then krav maga does train one better.
But keep in mind - the MAJORITY of weapons being pulled on people is for a mugging. In this situation you NEVER want to attempt to fight the weapon. You give up the wallet and let it go.
In the 8 years I have been in Boston I have heard of a few muggings a year and they all fit this pattern.
When are you ever going to attempt a knife fight or to disarm a gunman??
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