Comments on: How to Choose a Martial Art to Learn

on 6/30/2006 If you can't find a teacher, look up the karate belt requirements and when you have accomplished all the requirements, move up on the next belt.

on 2/23/2006 If you get into a style that is too much for you, don't say you
can't do it. Keep looking for the right style for you. For example; if kung fu isn't you, try something a little easier, like tie kwon do. But don't give up because you didn't find your style right off the bat, keep looking.

on 10/1/2007 Always watch out for fake or useless Martial Arts. A martial art is fake if it imitates another martial art, but in a blatantly profane or somewhat dumb manner.

A useless Martial Arts is one that is too colorful and cannot be imagined by anyone except the delusional students to be useful in combat.

Just because a martial art is colorful does not mean it is useless. Tai chi and Bagua are both colorful, their use lies in subversion.

Just because a martial art does not fit imitation or too colorful does not mean it is fake, either. Delusional Gong fu artists used fake martial arts that had the same power as karate against the Chinese Authorities during the Taiping Revolution, but they were still defeated.

Know your art. That is the ultimate law in choosing a Martial Art.

on 11/22/2005 Decide what you are looking for. Some martial arts focus more on real self defense while others focus on performance arts.