I bouned around as a kid having NASA parent so I took 3 different styles. Taekwando(SPL?!), Shodokan, and a basic ass kickin style that skipped all the tradition and shit and went straight to 'what to do to fuck someone up who is attacking you' attitude.
The problem nowdays is that I wont say the majority but I shall use the word SOME of the martial arts schools is about money to some aspect, meaning, the more belts they give and keep you in class the more cash they can make. So you have to be weary about the school. Sometimes its about profit, not passing on knowledge and wisdom. The best ones seem to be the free classes at the gym or the YMCA in my opinion, when it came to wanting to TRAIN WITH MASTER type attitude, sorta like the KUNG FU show. The best one I had was in Florida at the gym I joined. It was just a dude, who didnt make jack for cash, just liked to teach the art. Just a white guy who was a bad ass mofo and wanted to pass on like what was passed on to him.
Anyways, I hope that helps. But just a word of advice, dont learn to fight, learn to defend yourself. The arts are for the purpose of defence, not to be the bad ass at school. I have never provoked a fight(xpt once but this dude picked on me for a year and he finally just pushed me over the edge), and I have never lost a fight aka gotten my ass kicked.
In conclusion, learn for the right reasons, positive in nature, check out the school before you start shelling out cash, and check the local gyms and such that might offer classes included. I'd rather have a full gym to use as well as classes if I am gonna shell out some duckets.
And thats all I have to say about that.
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