> Should I learn a martial art?

Should I learn a martial art?

Posted at: 2015-05-07 
I want to learn a martial art, karate or taekwondo, but I'm really skinny and I'm afraid I'll get beaten up very easily.

Take TKD if you want to study a sport art. Find a more traditional martial art if you want to be a much better rounded person. And MMA if you only are interested in fighting.

As for studying an art, your size doesn't matter. In fact, being small is all the more reason to study an art.

Martial arts is for everyone ! And isn't that what training is for? :) Growing stronger and developing, just like with everything else! Also, try out different martial arts if you don't find one to your liking! I for example started with Taekwondo but then found out about "wushu", which I now think of as much more fun and better (while harder) training (I can truly recommend Wushu to anyone !!!) :) Martial arts just doesn't have to be fighting either, I enjoy the forms a lot more than the spar fighting having almost completely switched over to only try and compete in forms rather than the one (the fighting) that I originally started with ;)

Try a good karate school that teaches self defense and not just sport karate.

Karate will teach you how to block kick and punch in a safe environment and if you start getting confident in that then consider mma. A lot of good mma fighters come out of good karate schools. Good luck with what ever you decide.

Learn a martial art, train hard, become strong. If you do traditional martial arts you will also learn a strong sense of values and ethics. Become a good person and fighter.

They all work if taught correctly and used correctly.

Taekwondo is a joke these days, handing black belts to children after a few months of practice.

Choose carefully.

Or if you're that one weak guy I would say Boxing. It would increase your physical performance by a lot.

yes you should do it !

do karate or muay thai kickboxing or mma ....its all your decision :)

look some videos on youtube :)

everybody should, but do mma

I want to learn a martial art, karate or taekwondo, but I'm really skinny and I'm afraid I'll get beaten up very easily.