Martial Arts Class?

[aigel]

How about boxing? It is "fencing with your fists" it isn't as popular as it used to be but Olympic boxing is an honest sport requiring tremendous hand eye coordination, balance, rhythm, endurance and strength.

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[Rusty914s]

Originally Posted by dyount

I'll put my 2 Yen in on this ... Whatever style you'd choose for martial arts of any kind in some ways needs to suit your temperament and body style to a certain point. I would think that someone in this case who's young and also graceful from dance and fencing would do well in either Aikido or Jujitsu with circular movement and avoidance to find openings to attack.
Your Krav folks are more straight line smasher basher thinkers. Not a fan of TWD and it's sport form, it's fighting style to me is not realistic in real world situations. Japanese Karate styles of Shotokan are fine, a bit rigid possibly but certainly classical style which was "borrowed" from Okinawa. Okinawan is both hard and soft style karate that if taught correctly does not include spinning woopy kicking to the head and as well grappling without submission from my background.
Look for a true camaraderie of those there working with lower level students before class... that'll give you a concept of top down instruction and a non belt farm location.

My history.... Started in 1981, 1st degree black in 84, competed in the IIKA World champs in 95 as 4th degree and have denied advancement above 4th in that I am a student of the way and never a master. I could be probably 7th degree by now but such things are not important to my path. It is , however, a constant issue with my sensei but that's another story.

This guy makes some excellent points. different people for different flavors, Krav is all about the seconds that it takes to get into a real life confrontation, there is nothing pretty about it but I do enjoy its honesty.

[Lothar]

Since I've seen one plug for ATA Taekwondo, I will mention that there are plenty of World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) schools. Most are run by Korean masters. My daughter achieved 1st degree Black belt before the demands of high school and school band became too much. I am a second degree black belt and continue to train with the teens and adults.

Many schools offer a great social atmosphere, teach the values of focus, respect, consistency, leadership, etc., and offer sufficiently challenging physical training.

At our school, we also have a hapkido class that offers a greater focus on self defense.

One of the things that I have enjoyed about a WTF school is the insight that I have gained into Korean culture. In that regards, we have had a great cultural exchange in both directions over my 5 or 6 years.