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Best for you? Don't know you so can't really give a good answer. What do want to gain from martial arts? Self Protection, exercise, a sport,social interaction? In my own opinion there are 3...Krav, Muay Thai and BJJ, I just don't see any need for kata or skippy hoppy flim flam, again....my opinion. I can say my flexibility when taking TSD was amazing, I could do full splits Ultimately you should tale something you like and enjoy...if you don't like the style, you'll probably not stick with it.

If it's helping you exhale with strikes then roar on!

I'm in for all wars full and mini

Sizewise we could be twins As I've said in several posts I've been training in Krav for almost 2 years (2 in July)..Love it, sadly my work and home schedule have turned insane and it has been difficult to hit the gym but it is temporary. As for a what to take you should look at want you want to ultimately gain from it. When I picked Krav this time around I did so becuase I had a list of what I wanted/didn't want. After Krav my choices were: Silat - After watching The Raid:Redemption I was really interested however Shcool location and learning "kata" removed it from list (I have zero desire to do kata) BJJ - My gym teaches this and I can switch from Krav to BJJ any time I wish Muy Thai - My gym teaches this and I can switch from Krav to BJJ any time I wish

"My ultimate goal is to be able to defend myself and hold my own (though I'm not sure why this worries me so much). " Sort of a broad goal...defend yourself against 1, 2,3 + attackers, against a knife wielding attacker, weapon disarms etc As for holding - "I don't want to get any messages saying that "we are holding our position." We're not holding anything. Let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly and we're not interested in holding onto anything except the enemy. We're going to hold onto him by the nose and we're going to kick him in the a$$. We're going to kick the hell out of him all the time and we're going to go through him like crap through a goose!" I've torn my meniscus twice, 2nd time I was out of work and had no insurance it was about a year later before it was "fixed". After the surgery I was informed of a bit or arthritis in it...along with ongoing back and shoulder issues (I was not kind to my body in my youth). Pretty much something pains me every morning when I get out of bed, between that and my age (I have stuff to do work, volunteer work) I wanted something simple..I found a gym that teaches Krav and I love it (I did Tang So Do for 10 years and American Kenpo for about 2 earlier in my life). Wyrmmaster's points are all valid in regards to selfdefense, I'll add a couple of my own. In regards to security/defense it should be a layered approach (like Ogres, onions and cakes) this includes not making bad decisions, situational awanress, having a plan and backup plans, not freezing when danger is close and coming for you.

Two actually All That Remains - This Probably Wont End Well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_O003Cvwlc Adelitas Way - I Get Around http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGGIk0_Jj_4

We were doing choke from the from practice in class one night and one of the women wanted me to choke her a few times to see if it would work.. after a few rounds she turned to her female training partner and said "you have to try him, he's hard to get off..."

Yep, Been training in Krav for 1 1/2 years, love it, passed my level two test 6 months into it (currently that is all the gym I belong to offers) but the instructors we have a great.

Alice, I've been doing Krav since July 1 of this year (love it by the way). Prior to starting I had been using the rebel fitness guide, it was a great help. The Krav classes I attend usually starts with either (jogging around the gym, walking lunges, crab walk, bear crawl, side shuffles, pushups, rowers, squats, burpess) Instructor "2" usually hits us with 5 rounds of push ups, rowers, squats, burpees with some random mountain climbers thrown in to warm us up) A good gym and instructor will help you along, we have people who can't do the full warm up for either health or fitness issues, when we are jogging, they step out of the way and walk, or if they can't do all the warmup they suppliment with something that might be easier for them to do... What having a fitness level will not give you is the patience to learn the techniques properly..listen and learn and ENJOY

After watching Merantau and The Raid: Redemption I started looking into Silat...found a studio in Pittsburgh, PA..however it was not an easy commute for me and it looked like they had a good bit of "kata" and frankly I have zero interest in doing "kata" anymore..so I ended up going with Krav Good luck sounds like that gym might have a nice mix of offerings

So at the end of my first 6 week adventure: Goal 1: Made it to Krav class every week ( with the exception of Labor day...no classes held that day) so A+ for that goal Goal 2: 3x5 Lifting...going to have to give myself a B- for this. I made all my sessions on Thursdays but the past 3 Saturday's I 've had to teach and making extra $$ takes priority to lifting. Goal 3: Improved diet (Increasing greens into the diet), meh C+ or B-. I'm still doing very good with keeping general junk out of the diet (chips, soda, candy etc) still need working on the greens. Main Quest: Should have known better than to pick such a generic goal...on the plus side I did drop 8 LBS and the minus side that was 4 short of my goal...however...I've added 25LBS to Squats 20LBS to Bench press 15LBS to Over head press 20LBS to Babrbell row 40LBS to Deadlift Started doing 2 dips, now can do 6 Up to 1.5 un assisted chin ups Shorts that fit at the beginning of summer and challenge now need cinched down with a belt or they fall off... So for my overall 6 week goal I'm going to say a grade of B

So at the end of the 6 week adventure: Goal 1: Made it to Krav class every week ( with the exception of Labor day...no classes held that day) so A+ for that goal Goal 2: 3x5 Lifting...going to have to give myself a B- for this. I made all my sessions on Thursdays but the past 3 Saturday's I 've had to teach and making extra $$ takes priority to lifting. Goal 3: Improved diet (Increasing greens into the diet), meh C+ or B-. I'm still doing very good with keeping general junk out of the diet (chips, soda, candy etc) still need working on the greens. Main Quest: Should have known better than to pick such a generic goal...on the plus side I did drop 8 LBS and the minus side that was 4 short of my goal...however...I've added 25LBS to Squats 20LBS to Bench press 15LBS to Over head press 20LBS to Babrbell row 40LBS to Deadlift Started doing 2 dips, now can do 6 Up to 1.5 un assisted chin ups Shorts that fit at the beginning of summer now need cinched down with a belt or they fall off... So for my overall 6 week goal I'm going to say a grade of B

1) I did 10+ years of Tang Soo Do (simialr to Taekwondo) and in my opinion you'll find Jujitsu more of a "practical" defense style 2) Less Dangerous for you...probably TKD...but you will spend a good portion of your classes, kicking, punching and as you advance doing more "flashy" spinning kicks etc. 3) More strenght <shrug> both...you should gain strenght, endurance and flexability from both of them I'd suggest watching classes at both studios and asking about either a free class or two or maybe some kind of two week intro class if you are not sure

Have you read this? http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/05/26/how-to-look-like-ryan-reynolds-in-blade-3/ Good luck...I've toyed with the just for a bit I want to look like that ...thats a down the road goal

Currently reading The Combat Position: Achieving Firefighter Readiness by Christopher Brennan.