Going back to the start begginning, would you have chosen another art to start in?

Going back to when we first started our martial arts training, lets say we had the opportunity when we we're 3 or 4 to start in any art we could have chosen, what would it have been? Would you keep the art you already started in? Or prefer to be proficient in another one?





If it we're up to me. I would have chosen to started in Folkstyle wrestling, so I would perform better in high school right now.





If I never got into sports. I think I wouldn't change then. Tang Soo Do is a great art for me and I undoubtedly would have picked up for what it lacks in later on in life, by studying Wing Chun and Judo.

Going back to the start begginning, would you have chosen another art to start in?
i don't think i would have changed my martial art, because then that would mean i would never have been taught by my instructor. he is the best teacher i have ever had and it is a great honor for him to teach me. not only that, but because he does multiple martial arts but is mainly a tae kwon do-ist, his style is quite effective because he shows us multiple ways to do things based on what your style is. yes, i know, i'm basically describing either jeet kune do or mma but still. thats ok. i still couldn't have asked for a better teacher even if i had started with a grandmaster (although that would've been really good too).
Reply:I started out in traditional Shotokan, before moving to PaSaRyu TKD, Aikido, and eventually JyuWazaTe (no, you never heard of it).


The only thing I would have changed is dropping the PaSaRyu, or, as I now call it, "Hollywood Ballet" (to be fair, it might have been the instructor); Shotokan was, to me, the perfect base for martial arts study; I only wish I could have stayed with it longer than I did.
Reply:What reason would a human have for regreting their martial arts experience? My own goal and ambition is not to MASTER a martial arts style, but to PRACTICE and UNDERSTAND many. A person who has mastered one style is respectable, but a person who is educated in many is just as respctable, and in reality, has a wider range of movements and abilities. A person who studies and does well inTai Chi, Aikido, and Kung Fu, for instance, would be just as or more better off that a person who mastered one. Tai Chi uses internal power, Aikido uses redirection and the opponants own power against them, and Kung Fu uses many techniques and works to improve mind, body, and spirit. A man who knows many is respectable to a mn who has mastered one.





I am happy to simply have started martial arts, and if I choose there is a style that intrigues me that I would bennefit from spiritually, physically, or mentally, I will add such a style to my skills. I wouldn't change my begining style because I know that what I have said above it absolutely true.