| I first started training in martial arts when I was 13; gulp, | | | | to know you where just a better green belt. It was |
| over 30 years with a few short gaps when work and | | | | amazing how many people left because they couldn't |
| family commitments got too much. Apart from making | | | | handle this, but it is a very effective method of |
| me feel slightly old, what I hope it shows you us that I | | | | removing poseurs. |
| do have some knowledge of this field. | | | | I also have done a lot of training in Krav Maga, the |
| Originally I did Tae Kwon Do to Black belt, though I | | | | Israeli style of unarmed combat. This is great for new |
| found it to sporty for me and I was already questioning | | | | people, very aggressive and effective style. You will |
| its usefulness. But you do gain a lot from Martial Arts | | | | learn a lot in the first 12 months, more than in many |
| training, but over the years I have been asked what | | | | styles. After that I found it lost the depth that Ninjitsu |
| style I would recommend. Hopefully I can give some | | | | has, but if you want a good quick effective learning |
| useful pointers to help you. | | | | curve in unarmed combat I would highly recommend it. |
| From sport training I moved on into trying a few styles | | | | So in answer to what style you should consider I |
| until I found Ninjitsu, this is a very unique style of martial | | | | would say either of these two styles are both good, |
| art. It is extremely effective as a martial art and the | | | | choose depending on your level of commitment and |
| traditional style that I chose, is far more unarmed | | | | time. If you just wish to gain belts, keep fit and do |
| combat. Ninjitsu is not the style if you want to do sport | | | | sports, then most other martial arts will do that for you. |
| or are belt obsessed. One of my last instructors used | | | | Whatever style you choose you will gain a great deal |
| a simple rule for belts, 3 to 6 months you where | | | | in fitness, self-defense ability and mental ability, so what |
| graded for green belt. Around 6 or 7 years later you | | | | have you got to lose? |
| became a black belt, in between you where expected | | | | |