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How effective is Hapkido?

I’m looking to get back into martial arts and there’s a place in my small town that offers to teach Hapkido,Tae Kwon Do, Tai Chi, and Kung Fu. So my question is how effective is Hapkido for self defense? Is it practical? Is there an emphasis on actual fighting, like would I get to practice with a real person who will move and fight back as opposed to just breaking boards or useless crap like that.

I did judo for 3 years and I’m looking for something similar to that, but there’s no Jujutsu places nearby. There’s a BJJ places about an hour away, but I want something that teaches ground and standing fighting.

Thanks.
Yuck. Okay some research shows Hapkido doing stupid flying kicks and other stuff that I don’t have any interest in learning. So if there’s a martial art that can teach me how to fight, and won’t waste time learning stupid high kicks, it’d be nice to know about it. Thanks.

What martial art suits me?

(guy) I’m really flexible and I have good balance. I don’t play sports, except for volleyball. I play chess (I have to make a strategy for everything). I’m kind of lanky also. I prefer a martial arts that focuses on discipline and peace. Also, I’d try to either get my opponent off balance or weaken them first, rather than going for the kill.

To me, my top martial arts that suit me are Tai Chi, Kung Fu, Aikido, or Hapkido. What do you think?

Why have I been so lazy and unmotivated?

9 months ago i was in decent shape, my skin was dark because I was always backpacking and hiking. I did Kung Fu and Tai Chi religiously, i thought it was going to be my life. But most of all i was motivated to actually give a damn about my future. Well since then there has been a lot of crap in my family and my life (mom running off with a ex boyfriend and putting my family through 6 long months of emotional turmoil) and lots of relationship drama that went on for weeks almost right after the divorce drama subsided. Now I really don’t have anything crazy going on in my life and i feel absolutely drained. My life has become that catchy Bruno Mars song about not wanting to do anything. I constantly skip my community college classes, I call in sick to work a lot more frequently (good friends with manager and I think shes worried about me) and i have almost completely stopped the martial arts that was my life. I just want to lay around all day, smoke pot (been smoking habitually for the past 5 years), and play videos games. I also haven’t gone backpacking for a wile a and my hiking 3 times a week has slowed to the point where I’m lucky if i go once every 2 weeks. Whats is wrong with me people? This Isn’t the person who I’ve worked so hard to become and I have no motivation to fix it. I’m staying home from work today because i couldn’t pull my lazy ass out of bed, so please offer your advice or if anybody has a similar story to mine where they turned it around please share. I think I’m pretty much desperate at this point.
It was 7 long months of the worst kind of drama, excuse me if i don’t want to get far into the details. But believe me it takes a lot to bring me down, but all the crap I’ve gone through these past few months would tear down even the strongest of people. I’m not just some teen bitching about his unfair life these past few months have just really sucked the life out of me.

Guys 15-18:Do you like girls who do martial arts?

I was jw because I am a 15 year old girl who is a 2nd degree blackbelt in taekwondo and I was wondering if guys liked girls that did that!! I mean I am still really girly I just do martial arts because I like it alot and it is so much fun!!: )

help in picking out a good form of martial arts for my 11 y/o son.?

The following schools are available to us in our area.

Shiva Goju-Ryu Karate
Shotokan karate
American fighting arts
Taekwondo (traditional and american)

He is very interested in taking classes, I am interested in the physical fitness, discilpine, self image, self defence.

Can anyone tell me the basic differences in the styles and maybe some advice as to which i might choose?
I forgot Aikido…although i have talked to them and it is mainly an adult school.
thank you for the answers these are the schools I have to choose from, we cannot travel to another school. Can anyone describe these forms, give me some info before i visit them, thank you.
I’m not sure about the american fighting arts but they have Karate type trophies in the display window…so i don’t think they are wrestling…
edit: after talking to the American fighting arts, it is a tkd and mixed martial arts school.

Thank you Sibling, you are the only one who broke things down, like i asked, but you dont seem to think any are worth it. I personally visited the Aikido school and i can tell you it looks like they are the most physically challenging of the group, there warm up was 20 minutes long and included falls and tumbling that i don’t know if i could do for 20 minutes. And i guess another point is that I believe a good martial arts training can help a child with self esteem and discipline, note that my son does not need this as he is a good kid. I think anything that requires hard work and attaining goals helps with self esteem and discipline.