MMA_Jim

Hi Master Tiny, glad to see you're picking up an interest in grappling styles! For one, I would suggest that you dont cross train just yet. If you try to do 2 styles at once, instead of becoming bad at 1 style, you become bad at 2. Do either the BJJ or the Judo for at least 2 years, 2-3x a week before you start crosstraining in the other. As far as BJJ seeming brutal compared to UFC, bear in mind that UFC has two well trained, well conditioned, and very tough athletes squaring off on each other. Against someone who's not versed in wrestling or jiu jitsu, the fight becomes easy to the point of being entertaining. Watch the very first UFC's and you'll see just how humane BJJ can be, even when you're the smaller guy in the fight. Your size and stature are of no consequence. Every body type has its advantages and disadvantages. For example, your short stature may make it difficult to play and effective guard game fit with triangles and armbars, but because of your short height the takedown game will be much friendlier to you. Your smaller limbs means its harder to armlock you than it is someone who's 5'10. As far as BJJ not seeming effective against multiple attackers, no style is, and I urge you to use caution if you meet with anyone who claims to be able to teach you that. Let anyone who claims they can defeat multiple attackers do it publicly and prove it. The combat styles such as BJJ have no problem proving that they can do what they claim to do.

Stick with one style to start. Either do the Muay Thai or the BJJ 3x a week instead of doing TKD, Muay Thai, and BJJ once a week. After about 6 months of BJJ or Thai training for 3x a week you'll be a pretty solid individual.