I'm 17 years old, about 5ft 10 and around 10 stone and i was wondering what martial art i should start. ?

Question

I was wondering also how long it takes to become good at the martial art.

Answer 1

Every martial art has its advantages and disadvantages. Depends on what you prefer, long or short range fighting? Ground-fighting? Also depends on what you want to use it for (purpose, self-defense, competition, or street fighting)? And being good, depends on how much you dedicate your time to practice and perfected it.

Personally, I wouldn't do taekwondo. Long legs doesn't mean good kicker.  Kicking high is a disadvantage in a street fight. Can't do nothing when you lose balance. Or when fighting close range. Personally, I'd stick with close range, beat the guy down hard before ground fighting can start. I highly recommend Wing Chun Kung-fu <great close range martial art>. Taekwondo is good, too... helped me lose weight and its competitive.

Answer 2

taekwondo. it takes a while to get the highest, black belt. my cousins did it when they were really young. it took a few years for them to do. i did taekwondo even at one point it was a lot of fun and i really enjoyed it.

Answer 3

Maybe Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan or Ninjutsu. We're about the same size so you'd probably do well in any of the martial arts I've taken.

Answer 4

i think you'd be good at just all round drama.

or try boxing if your any good x

Answer 5

you should train at USSD, I started there when I was 14,  and right now I'm training to get my own school.

You can go to

ussd.com

there you can type in your address, and then you will see the school that is the closes to you.

We have schools in just about ever state in the US. Go ahead and give them a try. I think you will really like it there.

Answer 6

Just curious, how many pounds in a stone. I have heard that term on BBCA. How about Tai kwan do?

Answer 7

Becoming good depends on your dedication.

Japanese Jiu-jitsu I'd suggest..

Best wishes :)***

Answer 8

there is a bunch of different martial arts to choose from. there is wado ki, teakwondo and a bunch of others.  you can choose any you like , but i did somthing called wado ki and it was pretty easy, there were 4 year olds there. i'm not sure, but i'm pretty sure it takes a while to be good.

Answer 9

taekwondo because your long legs will be good for sparring because you get more points if you kick to the head so long legs really help.