why you train is very important and will usually have alot to do with why some people quit and some people hang around for a long time. my reasons in order are:
fun
exercise
make new friends
get out of the house
learn to fight
self defense
for me self defense is very low on the list. I think you will find that after training for a number of years training for self defense becomes a bit of a dead end. I still won't train at a school that doesn't teach functional stuff though. I enjoy too much testing the material with uncooperative opponents to see what I can get off.
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