The best fighting style to teach a feral/superhuman child

Judging from the title, you can probably guess this story isn't grounded in realism but here is a description to get things started.

In a forest a 8-10 year old girl is raised in the wild by animals since a toddler, granting her sharp senses,agility, and strength to combat the most formidable species. After a wildfire forces her to leave, she stumbles upon a farm. There she attempts to defend herself from a farm boy but after long scuffle she finds she can keep up with her and they tire each out. Later his grandfather invites them to his home where she finds out he is a retired martial arts master. After living with the family for a while, she wants to be stronger and learn from Mr.Rizzo. So far I was wondering if muay thai would be a good style to compliment a wild style, but I wonder if there are better suited ones?

There's the fighting style I use: Incapacitate and run. Headbutt, shin-kick, bite the arm, do whatever it takes to get their focus off you and get out of there as fast as you can. If you can't run away, I can't help you.

Wrestling or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Your character seems like the kind of fighter who would get on opponent's back and other parts of body and bite/scratch the crap out of him/her, or take the fight to the ground.

Teach them how to play AFL football. Serious. The running, pulling them down in a tackle or taking them out with a spear, as well as the scrappy fighting that occurs in a melee would suit a feral well.

Yeah that does sound like her way of fighting, scrappy is probably the best word to describe her, and I wanted that quality to remain in even after she is trained. I guess in a Karate Kid like manner, Mr. Rizzo could play football with her and his grandson to toughen them up.

Stalking, waiting for their prey to drop their guard, then leap on their back biting and clawing their necks and anything the can reach as well as slamming them against the ground, into rocks until they stop moving. If they're much bigger, hit and run tactics to hamstring them until their well confused and disabled, stalking, waiting for their prey to drop their guard; rinse, repeat.

edited 18th Jul '14 5:04:18 PM by chi_mangetsu

Thanks for the ideas on a feral style of fighting. Though I wonder if it isn't too much asking for martial art styles with similar movies or mindsets for her to learn. Or maybe have the grandpa and grandson have an opposing philosophy martial art, could cause a conflict for her.