brendanxx

Many thanks - yes, I realise that martial arts training can be pretty gruelling, it's just that I know my body isn't as tough as it was when I was 20 and I don't want to push it too hard in the wrong directions. But I'm interested in a martial art that concentrates more on swiftness and control that on hardness, if that makes sense. Good advice about going to chat to a martial arts instructor, I will. Again, thanks for your interest.

HI, I'm 68, did quite a bit of karate 40 years ago but stopped and now I find that the art/spiritual exercise/means of defence still excites me and I want to get back in. I have a small hernia in my groin but apart from that I'm pretty healthy. I was thing about some martial art that didn't demand the sort of intense physical training that I did in my 20s. I'd welcome any thoughts, suggestions etc. Perhaps aikido? thanks Brendan