Please help a youngin

[it_takes_skillz]

hello, im a 13 year old boy who is beggin his parents to put me in capoeira class. i was wondering if this was an effective martial art and was wondering how much a price range for classes were? it looks really fun and i was doing research on it and it is very interesting. (the capoeira class i want to go to is in Sarasota Florida, and the intructors name is Valto Ao Mundo)

thanks and every reply will be appreciated

[CagedWarrior]

To be honest I really wouldn't call it effective, but it looks like it'd be a lot of fun if you're into that sort of thing (I just like the violence, what can I say) and it looks really cool. Won't really win you a fight though.

[it_takes_skillz]

To be honest I really wouldn't call it effective, but it looks like it'd be a lot of fun if you're into that sort of thing (I just like the violence, what can I say) and it looks really cool. Won't really win you a fight though.

yea it looks like alot of fun, the capoeira i wanna do has " a twist of Jui Jitsu" lol what is the most "brutal" or "effective" martial art in your opinion?

[Jay]

i belive it would win you a fight if you where good enough at it the same as everything else

[JusticeZero]

Don't know that instructor offhand. If tought that way, it can be very effective. Most teachers don't teach for fighting effectiveness, but the paranoia and awareness in lying, cheating, manipulating, and backstabbing are pretty useful, keeps you from being a sucker. Stay loose and remember that life isn't a video game, real fights people pull knives and guns when your back is turned, pull sympathy and leave with your girl before the cops arrive once they've attacked you and lost.

[Kaminari]

Most effective or brutal? In my opinion, I'd have to say Krav Maga, Kyokushin Karate, Brazilian Ju-Jitsu, Pankration, and a couple of others, although any style taught and trained in the right way can be just as effective or brutal as any other.