[ZenOfAnger]

It's nice to see other members here doing martial arts.

I myself am currently learning Judo and BJJ (white belt in both), and have about 6 years experience in Tae Kwon Do. Personally, I prefer sport oriented martial arts like Judo and Bjj, because competition is a great way to gauge your skill in whatever style you practice, so you dont have to wait for an actual self defense situation and hope you know what to do.

How do you know you can throw somebody? Enter a Judo tournament. How do you know you can submit a person on the ground? Go to a Bjj tournament. How do you know you can punch someone? Compete in a boxing match.

Obviously, one should not enter those things if they have not yet trained for a few months prior at least, but I feel that combat sports like those are some of the best ways to train martial arts. Anyways, that's how I approach my training.

Sincerely,

ZoA.