saharvey2

Thank you for your replies. I appreciate the common thread recommending that the quality of instruction is more important than form or organization. My wife and daughter are happy with their instructor; I am happy that they are learning and enjoying the activity. Studying Tang Soo Do has provided my daughter a physical activity requiring training, concentration, and practice. My wife (a full-time mom) has a regular activity that challenges her physically and mentally, and gets her out of the house to interact with adults on a regular basis. Together, they share a special activity, my daughter observes an active adult life being modeled, and they share goals as they train. Oh yeah, and it keeps my wife off the streets and out of the malls.

I am new to martial arts, or more accurately my wife and daughter are. We chose the instructor they are with because she had a BA in Child and Adolescent Development. Now that my girls have been taking classes for four months, I am wondering how one should choose a martial art form to follow. A lot of time is being invested, so it think it is important to choose wisely. At a most basic level it seems the instructor is key. A poor instructor teaching a great form will still get poor results. But beyond that, which form to choose: hard form or soft; TKD or Jujitsu. There seems to be a plethora of different forms offered. And the same form is offered with different affiliations. What suggestions do you have? BTW, my wife and daughter are taking Tang Soo Do in a Do Jang affiliated with the Tang Soo Do Martial Way Association. They are both having a ball.