Need help choosing a Martial Art

**djvaly** · 11-27-2006, 10:05 PM

hmm. take kick boxing, gotto loose the beer belly dude.. mobility and agility is key in this martial arts thing,. or do with judo, but still gotto slim down a few.. just a thought,,

**beanie** · 11-28-2006, 02:04 AM

I enjoy I-Shin. It involves hard striking and soft and hard blocks with circular motions (redirects and takedowns). Basically, you need to decide which style will work best with your likes/dislikes so you stick w/ it.

**cam02ss** · 11-28-2006, 05:50 AM

Moo Duk Kwan might be a good style for you to look into. I've taken that for many years now and like the way it incorporates inside fighting/low kicks,etc.

**Spaz** · 11-28-2006, 08:10 AM

Kempo incorperates alot of street fighting... reguardless of your choice, most karate is useless on the street... also make sure that what ever you choose has a good sparing class...

the rules for sparing should be only hit as hard as you want to be hit back and that is it... sparing is the only way to learn to fight off the street... and also choose a stick weapon due to the fact that when in a street fight your oppenent is going to use what ever weapon he/she can find...