In my town there is only karate and it seems to be 90% kids. Not to mention how questionable the effectiveness of the art is outside of the sport. The only other option is boxing but that will take me half an hour drive. I am not sure how stressful the training would be and since the training is in the evening when I get home and go to sleep I would have like 6 hours of sleep max. Most likely 5 or 4. I could maybe make up for it the other day when I get back from work if I go to sleep super early or if I take 1-2 hour power naps before going to training. Even then I think I could only train twice a week.
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>>205344>The only other option is boxing but that will take me half an hour driveWhy are you acting like this is significant obstacle? Can you not drive? Go do boxing, retard
>>205352Learn to fight so I can defend myself and my loved ones and have the confidence of knowing I can beat the average untrained person.>>205354The obstacle is that I won't have enough time for rest and recovery.
>>205344>get home and go to sleep I would have like 6 hours of sleep max. Most likely 5 or 4Forget boxing, that kind of abuse does not even work if you are young.Go to karate and check if its a mc Dojo. If it's looking ok, then sign up, Karate is fine, if taught correctly. Also, it does not really matter where you start with your journey (as long as they dont teach straight up bullshit), you can surpass them by using DVDs and books. Point is, the basics are pretty much the same everywhere, but it is much easier to learn the basics in a club where you get feedback. But knowing those you can become better by consuming other stuff. You will never learn how to punch properly from a film, but if you learn how to punch, then you can learn other things, like combos and stuff. Take the shuto uke, a karate block. Some guy told me not to use it as static, but to use it more as a philly shell from boxing. Only difference he said was that you are supposed to shoot your ridge hand forward like a punch to slip under his chin an hit his throat, since even tucked in, the ridge is small enough to slipp through. Blew my mind.In general, martial arts are all connected, if you get good at one martial art, you have a much more easy time learning another martial art.
>>205344Boxing.after a lesson or two you can easily beat up any untrained person, provided you lift weights and practice either at home or a regular gym. Most gyms have bags these days for excersise. You can also buy one for relatively cheap. I bought mine for £60
>>205344>go to a couple of karate classes>go to a couple of boxing classes>see which work better for you>if one of them works for you, do it>if neither work for you, train by yourselfThat simple, anon. Practicing by yourself is great, but you still need to pressure test it somehow, so you could, Idk, go once a month to one of these gyms around you on sparring day and just use what you learned. Or maybe call a couple of friends that have practiced something before and ask them to spar just for exercising or something
If you want to defend yourself and your family a gun or pepper spray is betterIf you can't get those in your country, being a muscular super heavyweight is betterLastly it's learning any sort of martial art Of course boxing is the most practical and easiest to pick up and get decent at
>>206217>If you can't get those in your countryJust get a baseball bat in that case
>>205383>Learn to fight so I can defend myself and my loved ones and have the confidence of knowing I can beat the average untrained personIt takes effort to get into fights, they don't just happen. Deescalate, apologize and walk away, that's how you defend the people you love.
>>205344>how questionable the effectiveness of the art is outside of the sportOrochi Doppo used his karate skills to beat a tiger with his bare hands. Show some respect.
>>206739>got 'sashiedKarate is performative and that tiger was a paid actor.
>>206649>Just let niggers rape you and your love ones, broFaggot
>>205383Are you in US? Get a gun. Also 30 mins isn't that bad if it's a decent gym. I drive that much to mine 3 times a week
>>206741Baki Musashi was so much fun...I miss him
>>205344>In my town there is only karateWhat style or organization? Post link if you can
