OK, some of you guys (and gals) in here must know something about martial arts.
I've lost a lot of weight recently and got a lot fitter, and I was toying with the idea of maybe taking up a martial art of some description to continue my fitness and also maybe learn a new skill. I'm getting a bit bored just going to the gym every day.
Now I will be the first to admit that I know basically zero about martial arts. My entire knowledge of martial arts is this:
- "karate" is Japanese for "empty hand"
- there is something called a "wushu", or maybe just "wushu" (although I have no idea what that word means)
- I've also heard of a black belt, and dans (is it something like 1 to 5)
- there are martial arts called judo, and jujitsu (spelling?)
- it can either look really cool or really dorky in movies
Yeah I know there is a great long thread entitled "I need to learn Kung Fu fast" but I started reading it and there seemed to be a bit of, er, shall we say, "heated debate", in there, so it turned me off that thread a bit.
It would be great if someone could give me any thoughts on their experience studying/practicising/doing (I don't even know what word to use) one or more of the martial arts. Are there classes? Where can you do it in Hong Kong? How much does it cost? What are the advantage/disadvantages of any one particular martial art over others? Stuff like that.
Any information at all would be great.