A style(s) that fits me

[Oreomeister365]

I've liked martial arts for a few years, I did a couple years of Kung Fu a while back, but it was mainly for show. I'm looking for a style, or group of styles I could actually use in life. My prefered type of martial arts is rapid attacks and blocks with your hands and legs (of course I'm more in it for the offensive part, but I like a style that has a good defense, because I'm finding myself in a lot of situation where I don't have justifiable means to strike back, so I just block, it gets the message across). A rapid style is nice, but as long as it still deliver powerful blows. And I only want to learn if it will be useful in life, I don't want to learn set motions of moves, fights are way too unpredictable for that.

Also, out of curiosity, are there any sets that utilize leaping? what I'm thinking is, leaping at your target (assuming your around 5+ feet away) and say, shooting your arm out at him as you do so, putting all the force of your leap behind your punch (I suppose it's just like a leaping kick, but it utilizes the leaping part in a wider range).

Also, any advice for training, just about anything is fine at this point.

Thank you.


while were at it, anyone know any good martial arts schools in Pennsylvania? particularly centre county?

[m.artist]

you sound like a person who wants a mix of tae kwon do, and san shou or muai thai
all 3 compliment nicely
although tkd isn't very practical because of the forms, but if you want high kicks like you are describing, and actually have that ability or athletisicm to pull it off, then go for those

[Tom Yum]

You seem interested in doing something that is fast, athletic and cool.

Try Capoeira. Looks like a heckuva workout!

[adacas]

I would look into kenpo as it utilizes a lot of rapid hand strikes and has little flash. Kajukenbo is very similar as well. Also with kajukenbo there are a few sub systems that are more kung fu based and those that are kenpo based. So you have your choice of hard style or soft style.