Learning Martial Arts basics online????

[KarateK]

No no no no

I do not think you can learn any MA online. Yes it can be used as a suppliment an initial interest, or as interesting alternative viewpoint.

There is no substitute for learning from a sensei.

[italian_guy]

I agree with most of the previous posters here.

Books and videos are good supplements, but you need to have good teachers to correct your mistakes and good schoolmates to test your technique and grow in MA knowledge.

[bushido_man96]

I don't believe that learning anything on line or in books is a good idea. Especially basics, since basics are the core of everything you do in the martial arts. Noone can afford to learn the basics the wrong way, because the rest of their training will suffer. An instructor is needed to give immediate feedback and correct errors.

Books and videos are wonderful resources for review of material, basics, and techniques. They do have their uses, just not for initial learning.