I have never taken any martial arts classes, although I now want to because my friend is a natural born ninja. He did shudokan karate as a young kid then did taekwondo after that. He has a wall of trophies. He said that the karate helped him with his form when he finally did the taekwondo and mentioned that form, as important as it is, isn't pushed as much in taekwondo as it is in karate. He did show me a few things, but I certainly need a reminder. He also gave me a set of Gracie Combatives Brazilian jiu-jitsu DVD's and, after watching a few of those videos, I believe everyone should start there. It don't matter your size, your speed or how big the other guy is, if you end up on the ground with someone, the guy that didn't practice jiu-jitsu is totally 性交ed.
And as to the above posts about "registered hands", that is total nonsense. Being good friends with a few people that have black belts, I can tell you how funny they think that is. Registering your hands is not a thing. As if common sense doesn't say enough, I can think of plenty REAL weapons that do not need to be registered. If someone tells you their hands are registered weapons, their biggest baddest weapon is their mouth!
And as to the above posts about "registered hands", that is total nonsense. Being good friends with a few people that have black belts, I can tell you how funny they think that is. Registering your hands is not a thing. As if common sense doesn't say enough, I can think of plenty REAL weapons that do not need to be registered. If someone tells you their hands are registered weapons, their biggest baddest weapon is their mouth!