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17923 No. 17923
How effectively could one learn a martial art through books and internet videos? I dont have the extra money to buy an instructor.
>> No. 17924
Bout as well as you can watching Bruce Lee films while eating cheeto's all day. Money shouldn't be a problem since Boxing and Judo clubs run less than a standard gym subscription generally being at or less than $100 a month.

Seriously, no one has made any success at all in martial arts without coaching and sparring, these are cornerstones of training for a reason. Books can't judge the stability of your stance or the finesse of your footwork through experience.
>> No. 17926
The real problem you have is that there will be no feedback. You need that. With out it your mistakes will go uncorrected and will build on each other. Most mistakes you probably won't be aware of , so you need to have some one giving you feed back.

In all the martial arts I've tried you can learn a certain amount by self practice but you will need to practice with another person or you simply will not know how it feels to actually try a technique.

Going over it in your mind and doing the moves by your self doesn't teach you how it feels when you make contact with another person.

Also training by yourself gives you a false impression of how good you are. You don't want to find out your doing it all wrong when your life depends on it.


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