Why do you do martial arts?

[47MartialMan]

Bruce Lee was my influence. He was alive when I had started.

[longarm25]

For me it more about mastery of self

[47MartialMan]

But mastery of self can be found in any other activity.

[kle1n]

To become a better person.For me and for others.

[nfl2k2]

Honestly, I just like the idea of being able to defend myself if I would ever need to. Not only that, but martial arts also provide a way of keeping in shape, plus I get training for a very very cheap price.

[Jinxx0r]

I started so I would have some other activity to do other than working out because it got boring... now I workout so I can be better at MA. I like the discipline and learning new techniques... There is always something new to learn or improve.

[dippedappe]

I started because I saw many Jackie Chan movies then. I wanted to be just like him. It looked so cool and all that. Later I began to look up to Bruce Lee. I study it because its an art. All that with becoming a better fighter, is just a bonus that I dont really care about.

[Flying Tiger]

Originally my parents enrolled me into a martial arts class to boost self-confidence and get som exercise ( I used to be extremely out of shape). After that I just continued it for the pleasure of it. I love sparring, being able to throw a side kick at head level without warming up, and knowing that if I got into a scrape, I'd at least get a couple of good hits in before I went down.

[Chirath]

I started because my friends encouraged me to. A student in my year is the son of my sensei and he got my friends to join. It was really fun and I carried on. It was only until I got confronted by a gang of youths who tried to mug me and assaulted me, did I really start working on getting rid of my fear and intensifing my training. In some ways I owe them as they opened my eyes. But if I ever met them again, I would beat the (S word) out of a few of them before having to leg it.