Help Finding NOT McDojo in Mountain View/Palo Alto

[Hobberty]

I want to find a good martial art place in Palo Alto or Mountain View. Any Martial Arts. No Martial sports (boxing, wrestling), or grappler's, I want to learn fighting/self defense.
EDIT: Also, A good not mcdojo in sunnyvale would work too.

 

[jks9199]

Let me make a couple of suggestions...

It seems as if perhaps you're going about things backwards. You've sort of targeted several arts, and you want a good school. But you don't know what's available.

You've said you had a bad experience in one school -- though it seems like maybe you weren't there very long. But that gives you an idea about what you don't like.

So... Stop and regroup. Take a minute, and write down a list of what you want, what you didn't like, and what you thought was terrible. Use that as a tool as you look at the schools in your area. Visit them, and see what you think. Try one or two out, if they give you a free trial period. (But remember that a free trial may not really resemble a normal training session in some places.)

If you have specific questions, then, either about a ttyle or a specific school -- bring them here.

I think you may then find a lot more helpful information...