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Well it is reassuring that starting out so late in life is nothing to feel awkward about. Unfortunatly I gotta work for a living too so I will take it easy on shin blocking and the sorts. I'm trying to find something close to the house so I'm gonna check out this school called Japan Karate-Do. Anybody know about this style? I am not going to compete or anything like that. More for a change of fitness besides running. And a little self-defense would be alright too . This Marine Corps MA doesn't cut it. Seen quite a few Green belts (which is instructor level) get thier butts handed to them by less than skillful advaseries(sp?).

Thanks for the warm welcomes all! I just got my 5 yr old signed up for TKD now it's my turn to find something.

Zr440, No I don't have to do Muay Thai but I like the grappling and he would train free of charge. I'm open to other suggestions of course. I just don't know about the different styles. But thats what I'm gonna read about in the other sections I have watched him in some MMA matches and I like the style.

Ya, breaking it again is not something I'm real keen about. It was a clean straight across break that reset itself so no surgery just straight to a cast but that was almost 2 yrs ago. Any ideas where I could get a professional opinion? I'm sure most Doc's will say no.

First some background (as I mentioned in my introduction), I have no MA training except for Marine Corps MA Training. I'm 27 yrs old, 5'11" about 160lbs, so I may be a little old to start MA. My buddy is a MuayThai/grappler and he thinks I would be ok at this and wants to train me. However besides being too old, I had broke my tibia in Jan of 2003 and was wondering if I should train in Muay Thai and grappling or would I risk the chance of breaking my shin again? Thanks, Cat.

I like the looks of this board. A little background. I have no real MA training except for Marine Corps MA training. I'm 27 and live in SoCal. A friend of mine is a Muay Thai/grappler and he thinks I should get into it so, I've come here to learn.