Kickboxing for beginners.?

I need details on kickboxing. I am fifteen years old and very interested. I need a good workout and something that I can take my stress/anger out on. Also, I am small (5'1) would this be a good choice in self defense?

Is kickboxing what I am looking for?
How do I get signed up for a class?

Hello Summer

Any martial art can benefit you in what you want, whether it's self defense, fitness or discipline. But it all boils down to how good your instructor is of a teacher and how much effort YOU as a student puts into it.

Now, though some schools can be good, it is true that some can learn one aspect faster than another.

So for strict Self Defense you have:

Krav Maga: Israeli Street Defense, usually used in the military.

Eskrima: Filipino Martial Art that is trained with knifes and sticks and open hand combat.

Wing Chun: The Chinese art of trapping (I practice this) Great self defense if you find the right school, Luckily I found one of the 2 best kwoons in cali.

Systema: Russian fighting system... I don't know much about it, sorry, but from what I've seen it might be useful.

There are also some places that teach plain old CQC (Close Quarters Combat) In general. They take anything that's useful and discard the useless.

Why did I not mention arts like Karate, Tae Kwan Do, etc.? Because though those give you the idea of self defense, they take longer to get good at, because you are being built physically, mentally, and spiritually to. The only traditional art(s) i listed there are Wing Chun and Eskrima.

Most importantly, find a good school, good teacher, and avoid contracts!

Oh, and Most of these can give you a great fitness workout!

Muay Thai/Kick Boxing is great fitness, but it only teaches one aspect of fighting.

BJJ is good to but it's the same as listed with Muay Thai, that's why people mix them up.

Another great pure fitness is Capoeria, it is a break dancing art but it very rare to find.

If you live in Southern Cali, I can possibly help you. Good luck with your journey!

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What would be best out of: Shorin ryu Karate, Kickboxing, or Tae Kwo Do with Judo for self-defense?

These are 3 I'm considering at the moment. I realize there may be some different martial arts you could recommend but, these are the 3 that work for me over any others at the moment.

If you were me, and you wanted to prepare yourself realistically for self-defense, which would you take?

The Tae Kwon Do class teaches traditional TKD. It has point sparring. Also, in the same school, directly after TKD class is Judo. So, I figured if I did this option I would take both TKD and Judo. I can handle both at the same time.

I would recommend Judo. I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, went from several years in Traditional to sparring at the National Level (trained with 1 of the top 2 teams in the US) and also teach traditional and olympic style fighting and at this point still believe that Judo is a more realistic art when it comes to self-defense. Don't get me wrong, I like Tae Kwon Do but if self-defense is what you are looking for I would take Judo over Tae Kwon Do anytime. On another note, if you are taking Tae Kwon Do, I dont think you should take Judo. As you may already know Tae Kwon Do is Korean and Judo is Japanese. This may confuse you when it comes to terminology and several techniques. If you are going to stick with Tae Kwon Do I would take something like Hapkido instead. If you rather stay with Judo, take any other Japanese art.

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