What will be the best martial art for me ?

i'm 21 and i like kung fu, tai chi , wing chun what will be the best one for me ?

What will be the best martial art for me ?
STOP and Think... THERE IS NO "BEST" MARTIAL ART.... YOU SHOULD LEARN AND DISCOVER AS MANY AS YOU CAN AND THEN SORT OUT WHAT WORKS FOR YOU. (FOR EXAMPLE: A VERY SHORT GUY WITH SHORT ARMS WOULD BE BETTER AT A GRAPPLING ART SUCH AS JIU - JITSU OR JUDO, AND NOT VERY GOOD AT BOXING) BOXING IS NOT A LEGITIMATE FORM OF SELF DEFENSE ANYWAY. WING CHUN IS A "STYLE" OF KUNG FU. I RECOMMEND READING SOME BRUCE LEE BOOKS, AND THEN EXPLORE DIFFERENT ARTS. TRY JEET KUNE DO (BRUCE LEE'S ART), MUAY THAI, BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU, AND THEN GO FROM THERE. *TRADITIONAL ARTS ARE OUTDATED!!!!! DON'T LEARN THE HARD WAY LIKE ME!!
Reply: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.


http://www.zendokai.com.au/countries2/US...
Reply:Look around your area and see which ones are availible. compare prices one might be twice as much as another also some might have you sign a contract, so you'll be forced to pay for a year of classes even if you find out you don't enjoy it after a month or two. Compare class times, how often are you expected to be there, do the times work with your schedual. Do they have adult begginer classes or will you have to be with a bunch of youngsters? Some places will let you sit and watch a class, or participate in one to see if you like it.
Reply:You should get to know your styles a little more, see what's in your area and then visit schools. A lot of people are searching for the perfect style when they should be searching for the perfect teacher (for them).





Wing Chun is a style of Kung Fu so maybe that is what you should look into first.





Tai Chi is a very "soft" art meaning you have no sparring, no fast movement, no contact and just learn a pattern of movements.





You should also decide why you are taking martial arts. Do you live in a bad neighborhood and need self-defense protection? Try Krav-Maga, Kickboxing or Jeet Kun Do. Do you want to compete in tournaments? Try Tae Kwon Do, Ju-Jitsu, American Karate or Judo. Are you looking for a more traditional art? Try Kung-Fu, Japanese Karate, Aikido or Ninjitsu. You can even find gyms now that offer the MMA type of curriculum, even if you don't want to fight for a living.
Reply:visit different schools and do a free intro course. then choose from there
Reply:It would really depend on what you want to do with it. Solid Self defense and or in the ring. Looking at the list you gave I would suggest you go to www.dillman.com and look up one of his affilliated schools. He is an Okinawan Kempo stylist that uses Kung fu and Tai chi Pressure Points. His schools teach realistic real world self defense that you can use as a youngster to an 80 year old man/woman. I have done Martial arts for 30 + years and been to every school or style or seminar I could find and I always gravitate back to kyusho Kempo. Its and all around ecletic style that get to the real original principals of self defense.


Hope this help
Reply:All I can tell you is just visit any schools that're local to you tha offer any one of those Martial Arts.





find out which one of these you like best and then see if they have any trial classes.





No one here can tell you which Martial Art is going to fit you the best, only YOU can make that decision for yourself.
Reply:you should be looking for a good teacher and school not a particular art.





Especially with CMA (chinese martial arts) as a huge number of cma schools don't train you properly and they don't train with resistance. chi sau is not resistance training.





If you don't know what to look for you run the risk of training at a bad school and will not only not learn anything, but could learn bad habits that make you a worse fighter.





I would suggest making sure that the school you goes to trains to fight, meaning that they train and drill with full resistance (eventually, obviously they don't expect you to get it on the first try, the students eventually should be training the moves with full resistance).
Reply:any of them will be fine it just has to do with what you like, and what you are interested in learning, it has nothing to do with age.


good luck !
Reply:No best arts, just best artists. Find a good school, not a good style.
Reply:It depends on what one suits you best to find out, do some research and search on directories.
Reply:Wing chun.