oftheherd1
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You have gotten a lot of advice, all of which was well intended. Only you can evaluate it for yourself.
My thoughts: It is somewhere betweeen difficult and impossible to properly teach yourself a martial art. For instance, something as simple as a punch. Are you learning to put power in to it? If so, is you technique correct so you don't injure yourself, for instance, with a bent wrist? Does the art(s) you want to study require learning how to fall? Are you learning to do that so you properly spread out the impact to lessen the risk of hurting yourself? The brief time I studied Tae Kwon Do, I had to be corrected many times on keeping my wrists straight, when I hadn't, but thought I had. Learning break falls requires some help for most people to be most correct as well.
Now, you may be an exception, but if not, the danger is in learning incorrectly for who knows how many years, then having to spend years unlearning and relearning the correct way when you do find a teacher. That you want to avoid.
IMHO the best advice is from Tex3 and Thesemindz, but there is other good advice as well. And don't be put off, as I said, it was all well intended, and none really bad. You need to try and find an instructor somewhere with some fighting ability. Likely, you can, even if it can't be a traditional martial art just at this time.
Keep us informed of your thoughts and desires so we can better help and advise. Don't give up. Physical conditioning will always be beneficial. At least try to find a training partner. Try to watch each other and help each other. But do try to find an instructor in some art. There aren't any bad martial arts. Any you can study under a proper instructor will help you with another if you decide to switch or just move on.
My thoughts: It is somewhere betweeen difficult and impossible to properly teach yourself a martial art. For instance, something as simple as a punch. Are you learning to put power in to it? If so, is you technique correct so you don't injure yourself, for instance, with a bent wrist? Does the art(s) you want to study require learning how to fall? Are you learning to do that so you properly spread out the impact to lessen the risk of hurting yourself? The brief time I studied Tae Kwon Do, I had to be corrected many times on keeping my wrists straight, when I hadn't, but thought I had. Learning break falls requires some help for most people to be most correct as well.
Now, you may be an exception, but if not, the danger is in learning incorrectly for who knows how many years, then having to spend years unlearning and relearning the correct way when you do find a teacher. That you want to avoid.
IMHO the best advice is from Tex3 and Thesemindz, but there is other good advice as well. And don't be put off, as I said, it was all well intended, and none really bad. You need to try and find an instructor somewhere with some fighting ability. Likely, you can, even if it can't be a traditional martial art just at this time.
Keep us informed of your thoughts and desires so we can better help and advise. Don't give up. Physical conditioning will always be beneficial. At least try to find a training partner. Try to watch each other and help each other. But do try to find an instructor in some art. There aren't any bad martial arts. Any you can study under a proper instructor will help you with another if you decide to switch or just move on.
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