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Ahh thanks for the Info. Well the falls are ok, I can do front/back/side rolls perfectly well, It's just rolling or any kind of situation where I'll be 'head over heels', so to speak.

Hi, nice forum. Well to start off, I live in Britain and I'm 16. I took up Jujitsu last year with a friend, however I've always had a Phobia of going over on my head (landing on my head, breaking my neck etc). Because of this it took me a while to get used to simple things like forward rolls. This phobia sort of got emphesised when I couldn't do side rolls, I was finding it difficult and I kept getting pushed into doing it, then (this might sound stupid), but I tried, didnt get my shoulder around far enough in the roll, landed vertically on it and broke my Collar Bone in two places, it hurt. I came back after about 10 weeks but after that I couldn't even bear to be thrown in the simplest ways, plus I was watching the Brown belt guys and they were doing throws and sending people flipping in the air two or three times, I just looked and thought even if I keep going I know I'll never be able to be thrown like that. I can do all the moves on others, but when it comes to being thrown myself in the Dojo and in the Examinations for Belts I really couldn't do it, so I stopped. I really want a Martial art in which it isnt such a requirement to get thrown everywhere and more importantly have to do side rolls again I know Karate focuses on kicks and punches so I thought I'd look into it. What really interests me is weapons, I've always enjoyed them such as Nunchaku, Bo staff, Sai's etc. I have a couple of sets of weapons but without the training I've never got very far in being able to use them effectivly. I have also been trying to find out which Martial arts do weapons training, I found some books about Karate and weapons such as the Bo staff so I asume Karate has weapons involved, plus is there any possible way to just focus on training with weapons, some special kind of Karate or other? Now for the more personal note, I do have a slight mental/emotional disorder (I wont go into details), so being in an environment where I have someone screaming in my face, I really cant handle it (Hypothetical situation). I know in my Jujitsu class everyone was pretty friendly, Sensei was friendly and joked around, he was easily approachable. Is this the same for Karate in general or is it more like training in the Army? I'm also interested in Kung fu, I cant find much about it on the net however so could anyone tell me what its about, what it involves and any other info which might be helpful? And more importantly is that a Martial art I could do effectivly based on the situation ive described? If anyone can answer these questions it would be much appreciated (sorry about the long post), thanks.