A lot of people have potential, few make use of it. In martial arts talent and potential are not nearly as important as diligence and being too stubborn to quit. Usually the talented people with the most potential are the ones who quit first. Their ego gets in their way, they think they are better than everybody else, they become full of themselves and as their head swells, they think more of themselves than what they really are, then they get frustrated because they think they should get more than everybody else and then they quit because they don't get what they think they deserve. I have been in martial arts for 20 years, have met literally thousands of students and seen this scenario thousands of times. The ones who actually got somewhere were the quiet ones, who didn't think much of themselves but trained hard and consistent. There are less than 10 of those that are left who came up through the years with me out of thousands.

Don't let the glitz of martial arts fool you. There are hundreds of martial arts hall of fame all over the world and most are if you pay the price in dollar figures (not even training) you get in. I have learned not to put too much into that either.

As a beginner just train, take it one day at a time and see where it takes you. By all means get off of the 'I am talented with lots of potential' trap. It will be your undoing if you don't.

You have any idea how many times this questions gets asked every day? If you want to be in the UFC and train MMA, then kenpo will do you little good. Go train MMA, what is the problem?

No one can tell you if you will be successful in the UFC. We can't predict the future. You might and never get the chance to compete in the UFC. Most people never get that opportunity.

Good Luck to you. I hope you have a back up plan just in case you don't make it big in the UFC

haha wow all asshole answers thank you douche bags

Il be 17 in a couple of days and just started training in Kenpo Jiujitsu and both my sensaies say I have a lot of potential my one sensai is a 5th degree black belt in the black belt hall of fame and I plan on training till I'm a black belt in Kenpo and I'm definitely going to proceed to learn bjj once I get enough money. My question is am I doing this right? Maybe if I do want to compete in ultimate fighting once I graduate high school. I just want to know if I have a chance I'm 5 foot 8 about 140 pounds I can tell I do have potential so any suggestions?