Can i learn martial art?

Question

Can i learn martial art alone practicing, punch, weopons, backflips?

Answer 1

If anyone can read the medical books & become a medical doctor, then no one has to go to medical school.

So my answer is no. You can try to imitate the moves in the martial art but you will never master or understand the beauty aspect of the martial art.

Answer 2

A good well rounded style would be freestyle Karate.You will learn stand up,ground,grappling and weapons.What a lot of people don't understand is that freestyle Karate is about practical street defence not who can kick the highest or punch a pad the hardest.It's definitely not a sport martial art like TKD or BJJ.The motto of my style is the best of everything in progression.Basically that means we don't care where the technique comes from we improve it and integrate it into our style while still maintaining tradition as do most freestyle Karate's.
The hardest thing is finding a good experienced instructor.I would recommend Bushi Kai or Zen Do Kai, but if your not in Australia or New Zealand you may have some difficulty finding some one who teaches these styles.These styles also usually have separate classes available to everyone in Muay Thai and BJJ/Submission/Shoot wrestling.If you can't find one of these i would suggest Kempo or Enshin or another freestyle Karate.

Answer 3

You should really learn in a school with an instructor. You can learn an idea of what to do alone but in a real fight you wont have a clue unless you are properly taught. Video, online and book learning should only be considered as an addition to a real martial arts school at best. They should never be used alone.

Answer 4

Most martial art experts NEVER fight. Learning something and using it for violent means are 2 separate things. Even martial arts that are not strictly self defense can be used defensively. It's not the techniques that are violent, it's what you use them for. In Juijitsu for example, you learn many arm and leg break moves. If someone attacks you, you can put them into one of these locks. No one says you have to finish the move and break their arm though. You essentially have shown them that attacking you is inadvisable, and that you COULD break their arm, but didn't.

Answer 5

Well queen b's implying that if you beleive you can learn martial arts alone if you think you can is just wrong. Martial arts require alot of knowledge about things you dont know. How do you learn these things? Go to a martial arts school

Answer 6

u can learn some stuff and get a general idea of how to do things but nothing beats having a certified instructor showing you what to do.

training alone is a good supplement for training outside the gym/dojo whether you do the traditional route with katas practicing them at home, watching your form in the mirror, hitting the punching bag ect...

however its gonna be difficult to be solely self taught. there are plenty of books and videos out there but without someone there in real time telling you the fine critiques of you techniques you are not getting the full effect.

weapons and tumbling would be somewhat dangerous. without qualified instructions. some people who do tricking and bboying do tumbling on their own (and they are brave soles). so i cant say its impossible but i tried it and didnt get far. Then when I got into gymnastics I learned things so much quicker/safer and then I am able to continue practicing outside of practice.

But I guess some practice is better than not practicing at all but its way better to have someone there who knows what they are doing.

Think safely if you do decide to: weapons use foam, padded, rubber, unsharpened ones. and tumbling take it slow try to have someone with you to kinda spot you so you dont bail out an a trick and land on ur head(or at least someone to call an abulance if u mess urself up. u dont wanna be just there layin immobile for who knows how long in ur backyard half dead)
Try to do tumbling on a trampoline 1st(if you have access to one) to get GOOD technique and dont rely on the bounce from the trampoline. I must emphasize GOOD technique with MINIMAL bouncing. I've seen my friends so hey this is easy i can do a backflip on a trampoline...without having proper technique and jumping like 3x higher than you would on the ground and then try to do it on the ground land face first and wonder what happened

Then once that is really good move onto a soft floor.

Answer 7

Maybe you can learn Rex Kwon Doe.

You need some type of qualified instructor and people to practice with. How can you practice without other students?

Answer 8

Try doing backflips off the blacony and punch yourself in the head 2

Answer 9

I will suggest you start with paint by numbers until you learn how to throw a brush. Get smart, you do not need are permission.

Answer 10

Just get the movie "Guy With Secret Kung Fu". I got it at Wally World for a buck. It'll teach you all you need to know about kung fu, and give you some snappy come-backs at the same time! It's a win-win.