My first post here....and as my name says, I've gone through a few styles....started with Aikido. Was too slow for me. Went to Hapkido, LOVED it. Got up to a red belt. But there wasn't no sparring. If you don't spar I don't believe you'll be prepared for an actual fight (if you need it). My Hapkido Dojo had TaeKwonDo as well...so I tried a bit of that. Bored me very much. I didn't like sparring with 5-10 year olds. I'm 28. It did absolutely nothing for me! I like holds and submissions, so I was thinking of Judo. I want to be able to spar. I'm 6'1" and about 240 lbs. So I also want something that will give me a cardio workout so I can get back down to about 210. Am I on the right track with Judo? Or is there something else that I don't know about. I live in the Raleigh/Durham area in NC...so there's a good choice of schools here. Thanks.
