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Why not try combat submission wrestling if its in your area, its a good work out.
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We have no-gi submission grappling but the schools I know (except for one sorta user-friendly MMA class) have kind of a macho vibe which I thought would be the ones more likely to cause injury. In fact I think it's the vibe rather than the art that would most likely yield injury no matter what the art (though I do think boxing, MT etc. would be more likely to cause injury). In addition to that I've given 35-yo newbie a list of some good local BJJ, Muay Thai and also just plain old gyms to get in better shape (and resources like Ross Enamait that will help on that endeavor). We have judo but I do think it's harder on the body (sorry Tant01) because of all the throws even though the vibe at many of our judo place is swell. Most of the local BJJ gyms have instructors that got their start in judo anyway.
He's also looking into kempo and some other arts I know nothing about. Tucson has very little of some things (our boxing gyms aren't all that) and some world-renowned gyms for dead arts I'd be reticent to recommend) (like aikido and wing chun).Comment
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i'm commenting on my phone so esxuse the horrible grammar and capitalization.
i'd just like to mention that there is a 60 year old guy who just started boxing at my gym,he's quite the trooper! so the answer is no, you're never too old to train martia arts.Comment
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I started training as a 35-year-old newbie also, and when I started I was a lot more out of shape than it sounds like you are (6'0, 245, mostly fat). I've been training on and off since then, though not nearly as consistently as I should be. I don't really have much to add to the excellent advice you have received from others in this thread, particularly from treelizard, Shoot and Flaves, but I can offer my own story as general encouragement.
I trained for a bit more than a year at a JKD Concepts school that had a curriculum including boxing, Muay Thai, Kali and Jun Fan Gung Fu. The school also had a strong BJJ curriculum, and although I wasn't really conditioned enough to roll at first I took a lot of private lessons to get a good grounding in fundamentals. Now (having moved across the country) I train stand-up at a kung-fu and kickboxing school and grappling at a Gracie-Barra BJJ school.
My experience training at these schools has been uniformly positive. I don't have the skill level or conditioning to compete with some of the younger guys who've been training for years, but it hasn't been an issue. I just try to learn and improve and not to worry about how I stack up against others. Eventually I may look to compete in some BJJ tournaments, but for now I'm not really concerned with competition.
I've found my instructors and fellow students, really without significant exception, to be friendly and supportive. Now I may have been a bit lucky in finding good places to train, but if you follow treelizard's advice on choosing a gym you should be able to find a school that is a good fit for you.
I haven't had any serious injuries from training. Jammed a thumb throwing an elbow and threw my shoulder out rolling, but I was able to keep training and working out. I have also found that trying to keep up with fit twenty-somethings motivates me to work out more outside of class. I now think of going to the gym to do cardio or lift weights as "training for class", just as a professional fighter would train for a fight.
Best of luck with your training, and let us know how it goes!Comment
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chill,
where did you train at before? what about now?Comment
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Flaves,
I trained here in NYC:
Welcome to Anderson's Martial Arts Academy
I've moved to California and started training at these two schools:
Gracie Barra Jiu Jitsu Academy Santa Barbara County - Team Rodrigo Clark
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