Which would you choose out of Aikido, Hapkido, Jujitsu or Judo?

I would love to train in Judo. My grappling experience includes a small stint in Hapkido, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (currently), and a past MMA class with mixed grappling (Judo, BJJ, small circle jujitsu). I have always enjoyed it. The throwing techniques are amazing, and I love the competition. I need to work on tachiwaza and newaza, so yeah. lol

Aikido, Hapkido and Judo are all styles or sub-styles of Jujutsu, which is a martial concept, not a style. Jujutsu has over 300 different styles under it's name, which includes those other three. Aikido, Hapkido and even Judo, are all influenced by the principles of Aiki, which are a part of the Jujutsu theory. Studying one over the other isn't going to make much difference in terms of what will make you better. Having a good teacher is going to make the most difference above all.

@bbqpit Combat Hapkido is not better than traditional Hapkido, which ironically IS a combat art, as well. Just because something has "combat" in it's name doesn't make it any more efficient.

I'm not that familiar with Jujutsu... but of the other three, I'd choose Judo. You need to have a system that regularly allows you to spar against a live, resisting opponent, which Judo does.

So I'm excluding Jujutsu as I don't know much about it at all (I'm assuming you mean Japanese Jujutsu and not Brazilian/Gracie Jiu Jitsu)...

But my pick in this order would be Judo >>> Hapkido >>>>>>>>>>>>> Aikido

Now if you're talking about Combat Hapkido, then that would be up there with Judo, as Combat Hapkido places a lot of the emphasis on the ground from what I understand.

@J: I didn't say Combat Hapkido was better just because it has the word "combat" in it; I said it is better because it puts more emphasis on ground fighting. And J, you're the type who thinks all the traditional styles cannot be improved. You, like a lot of people on here, operate with the assumption that the traditional styles are perfect, and therefore anything else is inferior. But consider this fact: before Hapkido was created, someone "modified" it from another art, Aiki Jujutsu. So does that automatically mean that Hapkido must be inferior to AJ? In that case, I'm sure AJ has its origins from an older art, so that must mean that AJ is inferior to that one, and so forth. Basically in your type of thinking, there cannot be any improvements, so any change is bad. I'm sorry to break it to you, but martial arts have "evolved" over the centuries as people have changed the way they fight or they found better ways to fight. And there is no reason to think that today in the 21st century, that the martial arts have hit their pinnacle and cannot be improved upon... that is, unless you think the martial arts were created by the infallible gods and were handed down to us mere mortals.

I would go for Japanese Jujitsu or Hapkido. Both have a lot of similarities. And what i like is when you throw someone in Hapkido you kinda dump them on their head or damage a joint :) Why roll on the ground for a minute when you can end it in 1/2 second and not get dirty?

@Dolan BJJ is a offshoot of Judo so it would be repetitive to train both and training in both will not give you anything special. It may improve some grappling skills but those same skills can be improved better by supplementing with something else.

@BBQ Combat Hapkido doesn't emphasize on ground techniques. Under blackbelt doesn't have ground techniques. Hapkido emphasizes on striking, kicking, standup grappling and throwing. You learn ground after you get your blackbelt. But as i was told what ever you do standing up you can do on the ground.

@J Combat Hapkido isn't that bad. They kinda stripped some of the techniques down to a minimum and is very effective. And there is somethings the took out they should of left in but hey that's my point of view.

I think I already have my answer since I’m training judo now. I had other training usually dealing with striking and I felt that judo throws would compliment my striking style, and I wasn’t wrong as most of judo throws start from an upright position that I would be in as my striking stance. But if you are starting from scratch, then maybe Hapkido or jujutsu(Japanese not Brazilian) might be good for you as it introduces striking as well as grappling. Not that judokas can’t handle striking because I’m confident that if I had mma sparring with the black and brown belts they would submit me in few seconds.

PS If you were referring to jiujitsu as in Brazilian jiujitsu (as opposed to jujutsu as in Japanese jujutsu) I will add a comment on this separately here. Bjj is a great martial art and sport, but it is dangerous to have as the main offensive tactic in self defense as the art is about ground fighting and ground fighting kills your mobility. For one on one fights it doesn’t matter since you are constricting your opponent so that they have even less mobility, but with multiple people or weapons ground fighting is the last place you want to be. But that is also the reason why you could really use bjj. Because you don’t want to be ground fighting and bjj will show you how to get out of it really quickly if people try to hold you down on the ground. So for that one art, I wouldn’t chose this one. For a supporting art, I would most likely recommend this one.

I would choose either Jujitsu or Judo because I need to work on my ground game. Especially since I tend to be a medium/in fighter. I like Hapkido, but I don't think that I'd need it as much to be a well balanced fighter.

Boxing is realistic and effective. Combine boxing with something teaching low leg strikes to the legs like Muay Thai (TKD kicks are nice but I've seen amateurs do it and they just catch the leg and sweep them on the ground. Keep the kicks low so they won't catch them, minimising your risk from kicks). You already know how to grapple and throw, so add BJJ/jujitsu for the groundtighting and locks that happens after. The best way to win a street fight is to run, because punks never fight on their own and can rely on their friends to hit you if you start dominating their friend.

I would choose Jujitsu because I currently do Brazilian Jujitsu and I think the two are similar in ways but also different in other ways. However learning the two would sort of, infamously allow me to develop new and unconventional techniques and whatnot.

Judo; I already do Tae Kwon Do, which gives me great punches, kicks and strikes, but its floorwork could be better.