Having conquered my weight problem.. I've been thinking about tackling another thing that I've always wanted to do.. learn some form of self defence!
I dunno where to start.. there's Kung Fu, Karate, Tae Kwan Do, Boxing, Ninjutsu, Aikido, Kick Boxing, Kendo, Tai Chi, Dim Sim, and what seems like 100's more.. One called Krav Maga jumped out at me as being an interesting possiblity (apparently invented by the Israeli Army to very quickly give people useful skills).
Anyhow.. I have no real idea, I want skills that make me feel somewhat more capable when threatening situations arise, which is rare, but not completely non-existent.. Interestingly, I nearly got my head punched in outside work a few weeks ago when I, maybe stupidly, intervened when some scrote was about to deck his Girlfriend outside my office.. Was left quite weak-knee'ed afterwards.. And some of my houses are in feral areas..
So for those of you who know this stuff.. do you have any recommendations for a fun, useful, challenging martial art to get involved in?
I dunno where to start.. there's Kung Fu, Karate, Tae Kwan Do, Boxing, Ninjutsu, Aikido, Kick Boxing, Kendo, Tai Chi, Dim Sim, and what seems like 100's more.. One called Krav Maga jumped out at me as being an interesting possiblity (apparently invented by the Israeli Army to very quickly give people useful skills).
Anyhow.. I have no real idea, I want skills that make me feel somewhat more capable when threatening situations arise, which is rare, but not completely non-existent.. Interestingly, I nearly got my head punched in outside work a few weeks ago when I, maybe stupidly, intervened when some scrote was about to deck his Girlfriend outside my office.. Was left quite weak-knee'ed afterwards.. And some of my houses are in feral areas..
So for those of you who know this stuff.. do you have any recommendations for a fun, useful, challenging martial art to get involved in?