Is Now A Best Time To Switch A Martial Arts Style?
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I’m A 2nd Brown In Kenpo Karate, I’ve Been Doing It For About 3 Years. Is Now A Good Time To Switch Styles? And Which Style Is Good To Switch To?
Xavier
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I’m A 2nd Brown In Kenpo Karate, I’ve Been Doing It For About 3 Years. Is Now A Good Time To Switch Styles? And Which Style Is Good To Switch To?
Xavier
October 27th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Austin
I think anytime is a good time, and I don’t think there’s a good style to switch to. I’m guessing you don’t want to go for a similar martial art becuase want to stop doing that one.
October 31st, 2009 at 2:04 am
Austin
If you don’t have a style in mind, why would you want to change?
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Mary
So close to Black Belt where Kenpo starts to get really interesting. Unless you are totally board I would stick to it for a couple years more. When the art becomes really part of you before switching. Many students feel they need to change after about 3 years. Change can be good only if you are good enough where you are.
It could be the school you are at is not keeping you challenged enough and bringing new challenges to you. If that is the case you may want to change schools after your Black Belt.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:47 am
Angelina
If you’ve worked hard to reach 2nd degree brown belt, why do you want to change?
Personally, I’d just work harder and try to attain my black belt ….. or is that the problem?
You don’t want to have to put in the extra work? It is easier to change styles? Tell me I’m wrong!
Maybe I am wrong to think that, but experience of my own students (and other styles’ students coming to me), show that when the going gets tough ………. they want to change style; but I’m happy to say most of mine came back in time.
It’s taken me 35 years of study, pain and discipline to get to where I am within one style of karate, and I still consider myself a beginner. Yes, I have trained in other types of martial arts, but only with the intention of improving myself within my original style …… not changing style because it was becoming too difficult.
My cross-training was based on the adage of ‘know your enemy’ – how can you be totally effective in the style you are studying, without knowing what the other styles teach.
So, I went; and learned that, apart from the obvious between the throwing arts and the punching/kicking arts, there is very little difference. It’s still hard work – you still get hurt – you still have to try harder!
It’s your choice, but if I were you, I’d be looking at the real reasons for wanting to change. Good luck
November 4th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Angelina
why change? why not practice 2 styles? try a style that involves more kicking. since karate is working with the hands
November 5th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Benjamin
no you can pick up another style but dont quit and dont have the mentality of since im a black belt i can quit. recieving a black belt basucally means youve worked as hard as you possibly can and u have a good idea of what it is to be a martial artist and that u have a good percision of the basics. You really start learning and working out once you recieve this honor.
November 6th, 2009 at 3:45 am
Lucas
no, august 4th 1984 at 12:45 and 36 seconds was the best time to change, your about 23 years too late!
November 7th, 2009 at 2:25 am
Jasmine
Any time is a good time to switch.
Any time is a good time to re-commit to your art.
Why do you want to leave your art?
November 9th, 2009 at 2:00 am
Abigail
You dont have to switch now unless you dont want to, and any style you can think of would be a good style for you if you find that you like it. The most important thing is that you do something that you find interesting and something that makes you feel good. I dont think that it matters which colour of the belt you have. You couldve had yellow or black, but it is what you have inside and how and what you feel about it that is important. If you really want to change Art, if you want something easy and that is pretty similar in many ways, then Krav Maga could do it, but else if you want something different, perhaps you should go for something that has more focus on the ground, but basically Kenpo has most of it anyways, though it can be fun with some change of environment sometimes.
Good Luck in whichever choice you make.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Tyler
now would be a good time too start muay thai and jiu jitsu
November 13th, 2009 at 3:26 am
Kylie
Are you bored and think your not learning any more? At this stage you could be being tested by your instructors to see if you are worthy of the next level. Stick it out the best is yet to come.Remember complete the full circle of your training.