How to Choose the Right Martial Art

[FiqFake]

Me at 1AM watching a video on choosing the right martial art which I probably won’t do anyways while having a physics test in 9 hours and haven’t even studied yet:

[Paperkingk]

Problem with learning 2 at once, my dad did taekwondo and boxing. He ended up punching a guy in the face durring a TKD sparring match, that was the end of boxing.

[panda-bpwe]

I've done 6 years of kyokushin, I fell very sick last year and missed 1 year now and been fighting for my health ever since, I plan to carry on, sometimes we have setbacks in life but I want to keep going, you give me a lot of hope thank you! In the future I'm going to do muay Thai as well I think it's a good idea after kyokushin because muay Thai fighters can withstand blows really well, and being sick made me weak so I plan to build my strength again

[DevDattaChaudhuri]

I started boxing back in 2020 just to stay fit then I fell in love with UFC and started MMA ❤. Currently I am now a blue belt in bjj and red belt in taekwondo .

[amarufitness]

Capoeira is my martial art. I love the acrobatics, style, and musical elements!

[camiloiribarren]

All great points! As a fellow karateka, although I practice okinawa Goju Ryu rather than Japanese Shotokan, I appreciate learning other points of views and see how same techniques are expressed or applied differently. Along the journey, I tried Taekwondo and found out it’s not for me, but I enjoyed Capoeira due to athleticism, history and music. I’ve been recently doing a Chinese martial art called Bajiquan, considered to be the Bodyguard style of CMA, and noticed how similar it’s techniques are but done completely different.

Keep it up, Nat

[eliaslundqvist]

I'm in Taekwondo, and I love it! I feel so much passion towards it and in a great dojang

[blinmachin]

Don’t be afraid to take advantage of these taster lessons! Not only can you try out all martial arts you’re interested in but you could have 3 or more different taster lessons in 3 or more different gyms around you, do this for every martial art you want to try and you’ll have a pretty full schedule for 2 months or more. Now you’ll have a much better understanding into what every sport has to offer and you can compare the different gyms before ever paying anything.

[uDojo]

Very informative. I've taken so many calls about what martial art new students should try. Free trial lessons are the way to go. Great video!

[Mouskfit]

I’ve always had an interest in striking and fancy kicks so started kickboxing a little over a year ago and it was one of the best things I’ve done👍🏻

[frstyy]

It also depends how fast you want to learn things. Some martial arts are more in depth, but you learn techniques slower, while others throw you in and you learn a bunch of things right away, but there might not be as much depth in the long run.

[lastnotfirst]

Nat, I really like your martial arts content and it has really got me motivated to do martial arts again. I used to do Taekwondo for around 5 years but I stopped because Covid got in the way but I’m very hyped to get back into it as I am very passionate and Bruce Lee is someone I look up to. Thank you for your content and keep it up! 👍

[kaleyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

definitely the best and most concise video for this, thank you!!

[yeahnah]

Just started training Kyokushin after years of wanting to pick up a martial art. Have never pushed myself this hard in my life- never really was the athletic type but i’m working on changing that now. mama didn’t raise a quitter 😁 Osu!! 👊

[TheGPFilmMaker]

I'm also a karateka and this really mirrored the method I used to pick my martial art! I wanted mostly striking including kicks and zero groundwork. Found a great dojo that offered me two classes free. After about six months I realized just how darn much I loved kata and weapons forms. And now I've been at it for over a year and I'm so pleased!

[chrisgordon]

My kids have done judo from being 5. I’ve recently started taking them to Muay Thai too. They’re loving doing something new and are really excited about it

[EddieG-gaming]

Thanks this has been much more helpful than the other videos I’ve watched

[Lancer_slayer]

I’ve always been interested in ground work and grappling so I just signed into a jujitsu gym this video really helped me out so thank you Keep up the good work

[jaymzgarcia]

love your stuff bro, big ups and much love!

[nuxisle]

As a child, I didn't like martial arts that much because it involved a lot of fighting and violence. But a few years later my parents decided to put me in karate, I didn't like the idea at first, but after my first class, I loved it. My teacher was amazing, I liked it so much that I always looked forward to classes and even started training by myself at home. Another thing I loved was the smell of the training area lol I just liked the scent for some apparent reason. One thing i didn't like were test days. It usually just consisted of fighting other opponents (obviously with protection). I still didn't like the fights, but I eventually grew to like it aswell.

As for now, I don't go to karate classes because I had to stop during the pandemic. But I still want to go. I'm still talking to my parents about it lol