what style should I try?

[AustinG010]

what grappling style do you thing I should try? I'm 13, 5'9" and I weight 168 lbs.

[Toptomcat]

Judo, sambo, BJJ, catch wrestling, and Greco-Roman/collegiate wrestling are all quite good and comparatively widely available.

Shuai jiao, Yoshinkan aikido, Luta livre esportiva, the various Indian wrestling systems, and sumo all have valuable and interesting lessons to teach, but are very difficult to find quality instruction in unless you get very lucky.

Some koryu jujutsu systems and the various internal systems of kung fu have individual schools that teach very good grappling, but you're vastly more likely to find a bad school than a good one.

[ps1]

If your school has a wrestling team, that's a great place to start. It's free and will get you into great shape. Beyond that I would highly suggest Brazilian Jiujitsu, Judo, and Sambo.

Here's a short "google" list of BJJ schools in Tennessee

http://www.knoxbjj.com/

http://www.rutledgebjj.com/

http://www.tnbjj.com/students.html

http://www.memphisbjj.com/site/

http://nashvillemma.com/brazialian_jiu_jitsu.php

http://www.alphajiujitsuacademy.com/about.htm

Don't know if any are near you, but hopefully it'll help.

[AustinG010]

I've been thinking, and I'm stuck between BJJ and Judo. I'm doing a little research on both

[Toptomcat]

If the judo school spends about equal time on standing techniques and ground techniques, I'd go for it. If it spends most of the time standing, with comparatively little attention paid to the ground, go with BJJ.

[AustinG010]

I found a website where I can learn Judo for free without leaving the house, I looked at some of the takedowns and I must say that of what I saw, Judo is an intresting art.

[Toptomcat]

It's impossible to learn any martial art from a Web site without leaving your house. You need a good teacher and good training partners, full stop. Find local places to learn grappling arts, don't just YouTube individual techniques and say you know judo.

[AustinG010]

It's impossible to learn any martial art from a Web site without leaving your house. You need a good teacher and good training partners, full stop. Find local places to learn grappling arts, don't just YouTube individual techniques and say you know judo.

True, but it has videos on how to do the takedowns and someone explains on how preform them

[Toptomcat]

But they won't teach you how to actually do them to someone who knows what they're doing unless you have a pretty good understanding of how grappling works in the first place, which is what you go to a grappling class to get.

[bushido_man96]

It's impossible to learn any martial art from a Web site without leaving your house. You need a good teacher and good training partners, full stop. Find local places to learn grappling arts, don't just YouTube individual techniques and say you know judo.

True, but it has videos on how to do the takedowns and someone explains on how preform them

Who will be your partner, though?