Personally, I suggest reading up on the philosophy of martial arts first...Learning Why before How will be very beneficial to your development. I'm sure you are familiar with the concepts of Mind Body connections...well these practices will reintroduce you to some very interesting states of being.

Read on different schools and practices, and trust your inner feelings on which would seem to suit you best.

Good luck and welcome to the ever so enlightening path. :jointsmile:
CanaDanKs Inc. Reviewed by CanaDanKs Inc. on . I'm going to learn Karate :) Don't laugh. lol Seriously, I really want to learn a martial art. I'm not a violent person, but I want to be able to defend myself to a certain degree, and I'm also very interesting in learning to discipline myself and keep myself in shape. I don't seem to be very good at doing it of my own volition, so I'm hoping that learning Karate will help. I've done some online research and spoken to a friend of mine (who is a something-or-other-belt at Karate and Jujitsu) and he says it's a great Rating: 5