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For me it's Superman: The Movie, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and The Last Samurai.

thats great man! very encouraging! go for it and more, you deserve it.

Hey guys since I'm a newbie to the groove of things in MA, I have some questions. My local MA class has about 7 people currently. We are focusing now on kihon in the styles we're studying which is Shorin Ryu Karate, Wing Chun, and Kobudo. My Master told me today that he basically, since we have a small group that we will be focusing more on the bunkai area after basics, since he specializes around that area. He said would focus on things in self-defense that work and things that don't work. He told me we would also be doing kata. Since we have a small group sparring might not be practiced until we get a larger group. He said the traditional approach has everyone do the exact same thing for a period of time. But that method for a small class might not work well, but a larger class..yes. So... Does it matter if I'm learning how to spar or are the techniques we learn from kihon or kata apply to sparring? Do Kumite and bunkai differ from school to school since it is up to the instructor to develop them? Do all dojos in all forms of MA teach self-defense? Is there a separation between the art of MA and the fighting...or is the art basically training for fighting? Thanks again!

I'm another new guy around here but I'm loving the site and forum. I've always had great love and respect for martial arts growing up but didn't take lessons...either because there were no instructors or I had other interests. I remember buying Black Belt magazine when I was about 10 years old every time I was in a store. I have a renewed passion now for MA and I still love it. MMA and XMA is great as well! UFC is always good... I'm 23 years old now and I just started taking classes locally here in Kentucky. My first lesson was this week and I absolutely loved it! I dont think I've ever felt as confident and proud to be training in anything else besides MA. I'm currently learning Shorin Ryu Karate Do, Kobudo, and Wing Chun. My master is 2nd Dan-Dave Frazier. I'm already addicted and determined to reach my dreams and goals in MA. I'm an overweight guy 6'2" around 280 lbs. I think there's some sort of stereotype on starting MA late and overweight but I'm planning on breaking that stereotype! I'm VERY new to everything in MA so I hope to gain understanding from the great people here in the forums. Do you guys think I'm too old or overweight to start training/learning and compete in tournaments, etc? Thanks!