If I started tomorrow, how long would it take to get my black belt in Kick-boxing?
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I don't know if it's the same, but I take taekwondo and i read somewhere it takes about 2.5 years to get from white belt to black. Kickboxing probably has different belt colors, but our school goes: White, Yellow, Green, High green, Blue, high Blue, red, and then i think sometimes there is a high red in between, and finally black.  There was a sign hanging in our school:" A Black belt is just a White Belt that doesn't give up." Kind of inspiring.  Good luck!
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Taekwondo is a martial art because it is an art of fighting. The same as boxing and fencing are considered martial arts. And yes it is flashy...\n\nNow to put a few other posts straight i.e Hood_12 the moron...\n\nTaekwondo is not meant to 'train in reality'. Generally Taekwondo is to show off and be flashy. That is why it has been a demonstration ONLY in the Olympic games until just a few years ago.\n\nDon't even try to say that doing Ju Jitsu is any different when it comes to a compliant opponent. If anything, Ju Jitsu is worse. Ever tried to throw someone while they are resisting? Much harder than you know. Same goes for Judo and Aikido. When you train with a partner, you are training together, not against each other trying to be a tough guy.\n\nNot all schools have a contract that needs to be signed. I've been practicing and teaching martial arts for quite a while and I have NEVER had to sign a contract.\n\nSchedule for black belt? Rubbish! It should take a minimum of five years to attain your 1st degree black belt. There are very strict rules in most Taekwondo schools. I suggest you get your facts straight before posting this crap all over the place. Just because you studied under a bad instructor/school, it doesn't mean Taekwondo is worthless.\n\nI have seen hundreds of students fail gradings. I guess your instructor was just after your money and didn't really care what his/her students got out of the class (if anything).\n\nSparring is usually semi contact in Taekwondo. It requires greater control than full contact. FOR COMPETITIONS you practice to score points, the same in all competitive sports including Ju Jitsu, Judo etc etc. \n\nWarm ups for 30 minutes sounds about right. You MUST stretch and warm up properly before attempting high kicks. I seen people CRIPPLED because they didn't warm up properly. The hamstrings are usually the first to go. As competitive Taekwondo is for points, you need to be fast. That’s why you do speed drills etc. READ CAREFULLY - YOU NEED TO BE FAST!!\n\nPersonally I don't think anyone under 16 should have a black belt. This is only my opinion tho. I don't know what kind of Mickey Mouse school you went to but I've NEVER seen an 8 year old black belt.\n\nYou want to see reality? Look at REAL KNIFE DEFENCE and see what it leads to. I have known EXPERT martial artists who have lost their life to people with knives. No amount of training can prepare you for what is on the street. Violence is real ugly.\n\nYou sound like the kind of guy who trained for ages and never achieved anything, probably got your ass kicked by the 8 year old black belt.\n\nSee this video for something that you might class as REAL. \n\nWARNING - VIDEO FOR ADULTS ONLY\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8884586003342147853&q=martial+arts\nWARNING - VIDEO FOR ADULTS ONLY
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You can't learn from Yahoo Answers how to do kicks correctly. You got to go out and find a good school and have a instructor teach you.  Get a clue killer.
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Milpitas Health & Fitness just recently started a kickboxing class.  I hear it's excellent, although I've never attended myself.  I have a fried that's a great swimmer, but she skips swim practice to attend her nighttime kickboxing classes.  The teacher is also well reknowned, I think he's a professional of some sort.
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it generally depends on your initial fitness level...\n\na good gauge will be to just join first a submission sport or jiu jits tournament and see how your cardiovascular endurance and strength matches those of your opponent....\n\nyou generally have to have enough energy left at the end of the tournament because when you start doing mma fighting you will have to throw punches, elbows, kicks and knees too...\n\ngood luck
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Get a good trainer. Do your roadwork every morning, and then do whatever your trainer tells you to do. I know that sounds lame, but you someone who can see what you look like and how you're progressing will know a lot better than anyone else.\n\nAnd of course, watch lots of fight tapes to see the techniques of the other greats. I would recommend Ricardo Lopez. Though a strawweight, he is the most technically sound boxer I have ever seen and is great to learn textbook moves from.\n\nStay focused, and good luck!
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Wow some of these answers are WAY off the mark.\n\nOk, in the Army it's called BCT. Basic Combat Training.\n\nIt should take about 2 months and change. The toughest part for some is learning to follow instructions and acting like a member of a team, for others and i think everyone is learning that in the military that failure is not an option. You can not quit.  \n\nAs far as daily life you can expect to work and train for about 12 to 16 hours a day. Lots to learn in those first few months in the army. How to march, how to shoot, how to climb and how to work as part of a team. You will spend about the first 6 weeks constantly sore and tired. But then your body will come around and you'll learn that you are stronger and faster than you ever thought possible.\n\nAbout the abuse.\n\nYour Drill Sergeants can't physically assault you. no punching or kicking. They may make you do a lot of push ups or yell at you but they will never hurt you. First and foremost is safety. Your Drill Sergeant is a highly trained and extremely professional soldier. Drill Sergeants are the best of the best that the army has to offer. They know how to shape young minds and bodies into the worlds most elite fighting machine and have over 200 years of history and method.\n\nIf you feel that the army is something you want to do then i say great. Sign up, swear in and join the ranks. \n\nAlways remember one thing that has kept me and others like me going in the toughest times. Don't give up on the Army and the Army will never give up on you.\n\nGood luck and god speed.
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hey hun..i have love the taebo (kick boxing) videos. they have starter videos so you can learn the moves while you advance...plus Billy Blanks (the instructor and creator of taebo) encourages you through out the whole video like tellin' you to walk it out or grab you some water and pace yourself..He even encourages you to modify the moves to help you if you have back pain or any thang like that.(he is really in tune with what helps people) Unlike a lot of the other videos that tell you to just keep going...if those aren't good reasons to try then here is the best one...taebo burns 800 calories per hour work out....i wish you luck...love daisy
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Here's an old answer of mine that might help:\n\n\n\n1. Get a sheet of paper and write down exactly what kinds of benefits you wish to obtain from studying karate/martial arts. It's a good idea to know exactly what you want to achieve.\n\n2. Go to www.smartpages.com and look up MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTION in you city and state. It will tell you what martial arts are taught in your area and where the schools are located.\n\n3. Once you know what martial arts are offered in your area look up their definitions on the net. Note the similarities and differences between each. A good place to do that is www.wikipedia.com.\n\n4. Visit the schools in your area. Ask for a free class. Make sure you find a Master Instructor who is overseen by a larger governing body.For example: Many Tae Kwon Do schools belong to the World Tae Kwon Do Federation. Verify your instructor's credentials.\n\n\nSome Martial Arts:\n\nTae Kwon Do and Karate will provide you with a great cardiovascular workout. They will also tone you. For the best results go to class around 4-5 days per week and at least 20-30 minutes a day at home to practice your moves.\nKoei Kan and Isshin Ryu are two good styles of karate. You can also look up Kenpo.\n\nKrav Maga, an Israeli style of self defense, is a superb physical workout. Around 4-5 days of Krav with transform your body. I've watched it happen. Fair warning! The workouts are intense! Take a look at Jennifer Lopez in the movie Enough. She's doing Karv Maga.
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kickboxing is effective, yes. those kicks and elbow-and-knee-punches are very explosive and can very painfully disable an untrained fighter.\njujitsu focuses on grappling and submission, best if you're rolling on the pavement. you can disable your opponent without even throwing a punch.\n\nmy preferences, though :\njeet kun do trains you to utilise and maximise any and all of your body parts (plus whatever "tool or weapon" you can get your hands on) in a fighting match. deadly, if i may say. i trained for 4 yrs..\n\ncombat aikido uses your oponent's force against him. it's kinda cool. (ever watched steven seagal? don't mind his poor acting, watch how conserved his movements are, even in tight places) i trained for 9 months.\n\nin my opinion, these two are best for street fights.\n\nof course, jeet kun do includes a philosophical outlook in life. and you may end up wanting to avoid fights instead (rather than possibly killing your opponent). still, your skill is there with you should the need for it really arise.\n\nnevertheless, any form of martial arts training will do you good in any fight.
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I started in Boxing and Tae Kwon Do, for about a year.  This was about 1989, my sophmore year in college.  I switched to a Northern Style Kung Fu called Shipagi, some of the forms of which I still practice to this day.\n\nIn 1992 I studied Wing Chun and Arnis at the local YMCA for about 3 years.  After that, when I became a school teacher, I just trained on my own until 1999.\n\nThat's when I hooked up with Joseph Simonet in Wenatchee WA.  I trained in quite a few arts at that point (mainly because Joe is so well versed in so many himself) including Arnis/Eskrima, Tracy's Kenpo Karate, Yang style Tai Chi, Wing Chun and Pentjak Silat Serak.  I eventually earned a black belt in a hybrid curriculum he developed called American Wing Chun-Silat.\n\nSo let's see... I guess all told I have been training about 17 years.  Hmm, doesn't seem all that long and yet it's been quite the journey.\n\nPeace,\nVT
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Relax. What's the worst thingf that can happen? You won't get a trophy. You don't have a trophy now. You'll be no worse off than you are now. Also remember that you will be competing at your belt level. Everyone will be just as nervous as you are.
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you should study karate it uses all of your bodies weapons unlike boxing it only uses hands
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Well, as your question referred to the "martial arts" AKA the art of combat/warfare, to hone the body into an instrument of the proper type for martial ability, it really MUST be every day, save one a week. That is the honest truth, even if you train one hour a day, its better than not at all, that’s 312 hours a training for the year if you train that one hour a week, 6 days a week. Now image if you trained 2, or 3? You'll see a difference, and really you wont get much of anywhere without it truthfully. I know that in my system that the MINIMAL amount of hours of a first level certification is 1200. So think about that.
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Before you're trying to get bunikai of 26 shotokan,why don't you read \nthis article,I read this article many times and highly recommend to you,is from a web.site " karate-shotokan-kata.com"In this web,we can read more than you ask and will benefit your future not only in karate but also your life.The writer also sharing his knowledge in Karate field such as where and how to find a karate school,how to learn street fighting,ground fighting,self-defends,human pressure points,pressure points strikes,karate blocks,which are the good karate videos,seminar and credits and of course shotokan bunikai and kata bunkai.Hope you enjoy the web and treasure your life.\nThis website will focus on the Karate bunkai of the 5 Heian kata and 3 Naihanchi kata, ie. Heian Shodan, Heian Nidan, Heian Sandan, Heian Yondan, Heian Godan and Naihanchi Shodan, Nidan and Sandan. These kata contain all the hallmark of signature basic to deadly Karate techniques, including atemi-waza (striking), nage-waza (throwing or takedowns), kansetsu-waza (joint-locks & manipulation), shime-waza (choking), ne-waza (ground fighting & submission) and usage of human pressure points. But more is not necessarily better. It's more effective to learn and master one kata really well than to learn many kata but do not know any of it's Karate bunkai for specific self defense situations. Okinawan Master Choki Motobu supposedly knew only 2 or 3 kata at most but he mastered their Karate bunkai to a level where his street fighting skills were unmatched. This means that he probably understood the multitude of applications for every set of techniques contained in a kata. For him, mastering the 3 Naihanchi kata and understanding it's Karate bunkai were more than sufficient
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you probably would confuse the two. they are pretty different: fighting stance and technique\n\ntaekwondo- you kick with your foot and its normally a more snapping motion, kicks are more flashy require more flexibity and uses a good number of high kicks, different stances such as attention, ready, horse, forward, back etc..., have a lot of point sparring with pads\n\n\nkickboxing(thai)-you kick with your shin and its more of a twisting motion with your whole body, kicks are simpler, stance is in typical western boxing stance i guess you can count two traditional and southpaw, more full contact sparring\n\nby the way i dont necessarily think one is better than the other i personally enjoy kickboxing more; however any art can be very effictive \n\nmost people would say take kickboxing becuase it would be easier to learn and less flashy therefore easier to use in a fight, but a good number of moves in taekwondo you can pull off too\n\nso take the kickboxing class and see which one you like more and stick with that one and maybe later go back to the other one if you want.\n\noh by the way if you are into titles(which really dont mean much in a real fight) kickboxing doesnt have belts so after so many years you cant say im a black belt in kickboxing but you could in taekwondo
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Probably 1 school for every 100,000 Americans. And they charge anywhere from free to $500 a month plus some states have governing bodies that require you to be a member as well usually $50-$100 a year. \nRemember right now there is a big hype around martials arts with UFC becoming so popular the last couple years. so prices are gonna go up especially in the so called MMA training centers. Where you will get the worst training. It should take at least 5-10 years to get a black belt and that is if you are proficient at the art. Some places will give an 8 year old a black belt in a year. Mean while they didn't learn anything. Martial arts are different for everyone some people do it for life others do it for 2 years and quit. \nUnless you are going to do it for a long time don't get into it because why waste the money if in a couple years UFC/MMA fighting gets boring and all of a sudden you realize you don't want to do it because it's not popular anymore. Martial Arts are not a fad.