Learn Martial Arts
Have you ever watched those amazing martial arts action films and thought, "What if I could do that?"? Well, anybody who is dedicated to changing their life around is able to do this. There are few life changing paths to take that will help you become a martial artist.
Steps
- Change your mindset and outlook on life. Martial arts is not teaching you how to fight (that's more like kickboxing). Martial arts is training your mind and body to work as one in a combative like aliveness.
- In order to become a successful martial artist, you have to take a martial arts class. Unfortunately this means picking a style. When choosing a class you want to find dedicated martial arts instructors who will really teach you the style, step by step. The convenience and actually knowing what you learn is more important than the style you choose. On the other hand, if you are in a situation where both instructors could teach you successfully, then choose the style you like the best or what is in convenience for you.
- Change your mindset once again into not allowing your one style to become who you are as a martial artist. Always study every style that you can, and do not like or dislike any type of martial art or fighting style no matter what. If you do, this will only limit your knowledge and cause you to become weak in the mind.
- Study a mixture martial arts. Everyone's different so one form could be the best for you and not work out for your friend. Experiment and see which one's best for you.
- Work in your martial arts, and always do some type of training everyday. The most important part about martial arts is training. Always train, (even if it's just standing on one leg for balance).
- Be patient. In order to see a difference in your fighting combat, it usually takes up to 3 to 6 months of hardcore dedicated training. Also, martial arts takes years to master THE BASICS. But once you know the basics, the principles and the stylish tricks become second-nature.
- Start to develop your own style of fighting and your own style of the martial arts you learn. Be free, don't be robotic into all of the forms you learn. Even as you first start out being a martial artist, have a time set in which you openly fight being free. Remember to be humble, bragging to your friends about how good you are, or use it against someone or something is NOT what Martial Arts was made for. Let the forms become you don't become the forms. Eventually, you will develop a naturally unnatural fighting combat or an unnaturally natural fighting combat.
Tips
- Remember, it takes lots of time and practice. Don't give up if you are not perfect right away.
- Do not limit yourself, in fact, taking multiple martial arts makes the best martial artists.
- When you first start out in martial arts, everything is difficult, however things get easier over the course of the time.
- If you want to be a martial artist, you never stop learning, even if you do not take a particular class anymore you still seek information.
- Be aware of ALL of your surroundings at all times during a fight, not just one area.
- Watch actual videos taken during martial arts tournaments.
- Buying books are a great way to help study a style or remember your own particular one.
- Now a days, some of the Martial arts includes practising knife fighting which has become an integral part of Martial arts. In these knife fighting the Rubber knives are used so that during training the trainee doesn't gets hurt. Karambit Knife are also used by the experienced people of martial arts.
- Great martial arts books are ones written by Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris. The Tao of Jeet Kune Do also is great in helping martial artists become more free. (Some people do not understand the concept but if not that is fine).
- Never get cocky, during a fight because you opponents will use that against you.
- Watching martial arts films are a great way to see martial artist express themselves.
- If it is a movie that was made for entertainment and not information on combat techniques be wary of the techniques used. Bruce Lee himself has admitted that many of the moves he uses in his movies, despite making him look cool, should never be used in a real fight, as they are far too impractical and flashy.
Warnings
- Martial arts is a long, life-long process. It will take years to become good or to master the basics, so be patient.
- Martial arts does not make you invincible, you will get hit and sometimes beat up!
- Be careful about the teachers who are only in the business for the money, get the instructors that want to teach. The ones who don't seem to be working you hard enough probably aren't and are most likely in it for the money. Don't go to a franchised school!!
- Remember that it is illegal to use martial arts on a normal person unless you're defending yourself!
- You may get made fun of for taking martial arts, but don't let this discourage you. In fact, you don't have to let anybody know you're taking martial arts, (you could just surprise them if they mess around with you)!
