ghostman

Good point Shorinryu Sensei. I've only been calling around for the ones I can find webpages on so far (I realize that's a bad way to find a place, but they provide the most information about what they do.). One of them has a base plan of 6-months for ~$600. That's too big of an investment for me all at once since I'm not even sure this will work for me. Another won't tell me the price over the phone and insists that I try their free session first. I don't mind the free session, but I don't want to waste my time and find out that they also require a long-term comittment. I guess it's time to give some other places a call.

Thanks for the input everyone! I'm in the Brooklyn area, but I work in Manhattan. IMO, Manhattan locations are generally better (based solely on movie theater experience), but it'll probably end up being a lot more expensive. If I don't sign on to any contracts (since I can't guarantee I'll have enough time to pursue this after summer) and only go on a month-by-month basis, how much should I expect to pay? None of these websites list prices, so I don't want to get ripped off. I'll do some more reading up in the meantime.

As the summer draws near, I'm hoping to keep myself busy with some sort of activity. I heard a friend of a friend was doing some kickboxing, so that got me thinking. I wanted to do martial arts when I was a kid (I'm 22 now), but my parents always thought it was too dangerous. So this sounds like a good opportunity. But I don't know anything about any sort of martial arts, outside my 2 hour google search today. So, a few questions: 1. Do you know of any good martial arts place in NYC? Google only turned up NYKK and Bo Law Kung Fu, and I don't know if any of them are good. 2. How much do lessons typically cost per month? 3. What should I learn? It's basically for fitness and self-defense at this stage, but I don't want to end up doing aerobic exercising like taebo (sp?). Any input would be helpful. Thanks.