Anyone ever take BJJ or fighting classes?

[willcosys]

Actually, funny that the guy posting below you mentioned Wing Chun because I just remembered I took classes on that for 2 years about 5 years ago (only went 1-2 times per week so I wasn't really that dedicated).

What aspect of the 'art' are you talking about? The personal development, inner peace, meditation, self discipline etc? Yeah sure you can learn all that.. but you can do that by going to church too.

Face it, most people go to do martial arts nowdays to "kick ass". If that's what you want to do, might as well accept it - but also accept there's always someone bigger, meaner, better trained, stronger, faster, etc. etc. Then there's always the gun angle.. UFC 123 - (Brock vs Glock) - Brock Lesnar vs 9mm. I'm betting my money on the 9mm.

In my eyes the martial arts is entirely about personal development in every aspect of your life. I can certainly still defend myself if need be even though I haven't been in a kwoon in ages, but the self defense aspect is actually the least beneficial thing that I learned from the martial arts. I do agree that most people begin training so that they can learn to "Kick ass". I was one of them. I'm just saying that in the long run I got a heck of a lot more out of it than just learning how to fight and had a great time while doing it.

 

[robhustle]

Been training and competing in BJJ for 4 years. It is a thinking man's game, chess on the mat.

 

[Uncle Tony]

Face it, most people go to do martial arts nowdays to "kick ass". If that's what you want to do, might as well accept it

This is what I want to do. I am not interested in "inner peace" nor meditation. I currently lift & swim. Learning to fight & shoot well are high priorities for me. What do you recommend for street fighting? Krav Maga seems to top the list.

 

[Andrew Scherer]

I took boxing for almost a year.

Just learn to throw a solid punch and you're already light years ahead of 99% of the poor souls who will try to get big with you.