In Chinese systems, you have to learn some Chinese words, perhaps, and use the Buddhist form of respect, the closed and open fist, or a different version of bowing.
Chinese systems tend to be more 1 on 1, personal wise, focused on fixing your problem by physically moving your body into the right position. So if you don't like that kind of training, avoid Chinese systems.
Japanese systems feel much more mass manufactured, where one instructor is used to training 10 or 20 or 30 different people, so less hands on unless you're at a seminar.
For systems that combine the two or many different types, you may get a unique blend of all of them based upon your instructor's experience. Some instructors are merely regurgitating what they have copied, while other instructors are true masters at hybrid systems or their inherited system.
Korea is more closely related to the Japanese system, due to the link between TKD and Shotokan. That doesn't mean it will always be like that, but that's the history behind it.
Your question about power and size aren't the right questions. After some experience, you'll figure out what the right questions to ask are.
Your quote: "Chinese martial arts are very agile but lack power,..." You are kidding, right? You said your experience is very limited and you are very right in that because nothing could be further from the truth. There are hundreds of Chinese martial arts styles. Some are softer while others are quite strong but even the soft styles manage to generate incredible power with the right practitioner.
As to what you should choose? Find the best teacher in your area and don't worry so much about style. No style name will guarantee what you are being taught. All martial arts styles can be taught for many different reasons and many different ways so you need to figure out what your expectations are and find a teacher who meets those expectations. There is no easy way and it takes effort. There are no guarantees.
As for the Japanese martial arts there again are close to a hundred recognized styles and some like the Okinawan styles are more agile than the harder styles of mainland Japan.
I do not know enough about Korean styles to dare comment on those but I suspect there too are harder and softer styles. I will let someone more familiar with the Korean arts elaborate on that.
Forget everything you think you know about the martial arts. I read your comments and they are very wrong. I too believed that some styles were better than others. That was many years ago. I now know that all martial arts are good. What varies is the training that each school offers. In some schools the training is totally lame. In others it is very good. The question you should be asking yourself is, are there any martial arts schools in your area that offer good instruction?
Style hunting is a fools errand. There are thousands of styles and very few near you. Of those many are not offering realistic good training. your job is to investigate each and eliminate those that are not worth bothering with. That is something only you can do. Avoid any place that sells contracts, has children with black belts, or has more than 5 to 8 color belt ranks before black belt. Avoid any place that tells you that you can be a certain belt rank in X amount of time. Look at the senior adult students. If they are good and know what they are doing then you have a good indication of what the instruction is like. If they are lazy, have bad technique, or just don't seem to know what they are doing, keep looking.
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As it has been said, there are several kinds of martial arts. That they are martial arts, emphasis on "martial" means they were originally meant to defend, disarm, disable, and or kill. Now a days defense and disarming are the main objectives in actual matches, but there are still some attacks taught depending on certain scenarios or modified scenarios (I suspect) and some attacks are taught to those who are very advanced and responsible (appreciation for life) but not allowed in actual matches because of the possibility of outright endangering themselves or another's life.
"Power" really depends on the purpose or goal of the attack (and whether there is a live human as the opponent -obviously not to be killed and whether it's practice or not). Depending on what you need to do in the situation and whether you can control your strength/energy so that you can go on to the next attack or make a final attack and still be able to last longer if needed, such as the opponent is still ready to get up and fight on or there's another opponent comming your way. Basically, as if a real scenario.
As for what to choose, consider the points that are important to you like what you might want to learn about specifically. Talk with some instructors from the different types of martial arts, ask them if you could sit in a class and watch to see what you might like to do and ask questions about the way an attack is being excecuted etc.. Ask about trial lessons or even take a class in each and pick the one you want to continue.
There is no best martial art for a person based on size. And the questions you're asking are too general. What you want to do is check out what is actually available in your area, visit those schools and watch some of the classes, and then pick the one you like the best. It really is as simple as that.
What do u mean uve noticed these things, have u done all these different styles? Theres many different styles from the different countries, so idk where u got ur info from.
Size doesnt matter, tall or short you'll be fine as long as ur getting quality instruction from a legit place. If ur looking for a martial school, style shouldnt be priority-quality should be.
Your observations are crap.
You should first ask yourself what's available in your area to study, then go from there.
*Limited experience* Says bad and or bunch of crap about these arts. Are you joking? Lack power? Nope, the practitioner(s) would lack power.
Kajukenbo.
I'm having trouble choosing a martial art to do once my family gets the finances and time. However, that's not the point. Just as a broad generalization can you give me a breakdown of each martial art? I've noticed that Chinese martial arts are very agile but lack power, Japanese martial arts are powerful but very rigid looking and Korean is a mix of both, but my experience is very limited. I'll even ask on a specific martial art like Karate, or Taekwondo but what style (Place of origin) could you reccomend? What's good for short people? What's quick and powerful? What's a good martial art to explore some of my cultural heritage? Things like that.
Please answer professionally, and thank you in advance.
