Is learning a martial art still worth it ?

it is only one-vs-one on basic level, most schools teach one-vs-many as well.

with respect to worth it read this: [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido]Bushido - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

being fortunate to interact with people with 6th, 7th and 8th black belt degree I can only imagine how much love, discipline and dedication it takes for them to go through life without destroying everything around.

 

For balance, flexibility, and body motion control. For strong mind and body. Nobody bother me and nobody bother you either.

 

Do people still get attacked without weapons? Yup, they sure do.

Do people still require intense exercise to stay fit? Yup, they sure do.

Are most martial art forms a type of intense exercise? Yup, they sure are.

I say go for it. I never felt so good and in control of my body as when I was taking Northern Eagle Claw kung fu.

 

When you learn a martial art, you will always have your weapons with you. Never feel unarmed again.

 

Nah, just get a gun like everyone else.

J/K

 

I've had extensive training in the form of watching a lot of martial art based films. This gives me a "Black Belt" opinion. Yes, learning a martial art is "still" worth it, if it's worth something to you...

One thing though...just make sure your Dojo, isn't the evil Dojo. A clue to this? If your Sensi asks you to break the leg of your opponent by disregarding the protocal and rules of the tournament. This will be foreshadowed by a lot of long grimacing stares.

In my opinion? It's much better to find a private instructor. This needs to be an elderly loner living on the fringe, with a hidden dysfunctional background. Someone most of the neighborhood thinks is insane. First of all? You won't have to pay membership dues. Secondly? When the training begins with a flurry of seemingly meaningless tasks...you ulitmately learn not only Martial Arts but many aspects of Yard Care and Home Maintenance. Since you are in a Prius Forum? Wax on, Wax off isn't bad advice.

But most importantly you'll bond with your instructor as your relationship grows. Eventually discovering his long hidden personal demon...he lost his wife...his son fell in a wood chipper...whatever....it varies...

In the end? Well there really is no end. Sure you can never a stop a bullet. Sure in day to day existence the ability to break boards with your cranium and/or disable others by knowing vulnerable attack points only looks good as footnoted additions to your resume. It really can't be about the ultimate results. If it's tangible results you want? Try the P-90X workout and get back to me...

Meanwhile? I'm going to stereotypically reach out for the wisdom of Eastern Culture by waxing my car. Later, I'll go to Panda Express and my car will look wonderful as I go through the drive through...

I've learned a lot from martial art films. But I can't catch flies with chopsticks...and I don't think it would be very healthy if I could. Despite the 80 minute filmed mentorship of Jackie Chan, I'm still overly intimidated by much of the world around me. I own no firearms and neither do I know a secret attack pose that will allow me to down opponents bigger and stronger than me. In those rare occasions when I am met with conflict I am usually forced to accept two potential choices...run like hell or absorb pain...sometimes I'm blessed with the experience of both. I am neither a hidden tiger nor a crouching dragon.

Is studying a martial art worth it? Hordes of floating Demons or Ninja's aside, only you can answer that for yourself. You may never have to Kill Bill or reveal your inner drunken Monkey but it seems to me there is value in following a discipline as long as you enjoy it....

Prius Chat is my Dojo...you are all my instructors...

 

If you want to learn a martial art, take jujitsu or judo. With it's emphasis on momentum and balance, and use of locks and holds, it's a more practical school of close-combat fighting. Those karate classes with big signs on their front window that parents send their 8-year old kids to are a joke. The parents are just paying for the belt. A real student of a martial art will not move through belts in just a few weeks, and certainly not earn a black belt by the time they're getting braces.

 

Around here you just pull out your Glock. Well worth the $450.