I have done a few martial arts, lots of Kung Fu and currently in Judo (competitive).
Kung Fu (Wing Chun) was really good at getting me in shape, taught me to really throw good punches and combos, and kick a man very hard in the huevos. I mean really really hard. I became very aggresive since my school was very aggressive. You could show your friends a few tricks. At the end of practice I would jog home.
Judo is much more about training through sparring and getting in fighting shape. A Judo black belt might be the hardest of all the martial arts to get. I know a preteen girl who just finished her second black belt in Tae-kwon do, this took all of three years for both belts. I estimate Judo for someone training hard and fighting would be about eight years. If you bust your but and are really really good, maybe five. Either way, it is a mammoth committment. At the end of practice you can barely walk and you are injured non stop...you get thrown over and over again, you get choked over and over again, and you get submitted over and over again. If you can handle that, you might make it to your first belt. Then you can go fight in tournaments! You cannot really teach your friends much of what you learn, since they clearly won't know how to handle a throw and you will likely hurt someone.
Every seems to know Jujitsu because of the UFC, but Jujitsu and Judo and basically the same thing, with some modifications. Judo came from Jujitsu; it is a modified version so people could compete without getting their noses broken as easily or their ankles busted as easily.
I have had a popping sound in one ear for a year, damaged fingers, broken toes, sore everything, one ear that was torn, and cutting weight every few months to compete. If you are into that, go for it. But it is a huge committment.
If you want to be able to tackle a buddy and submit them, take Judo! But if you don't feel like a major committment, then go elsewhere.
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