Something that I would like to try in the future is self defence. The closest that I have come to it is when I was enrolled in my first week of university and my roommate and I decided to check out the free first lessons of all incarnations of martial arts on offer: Wing Chun, Shotokan Karate, Shotokai Karate, Tae Kwon Do and a few others.
In the end, we didn’t do any of them but I sure wish that I had. I have the utmost respect for those people who take up a martial art and advance a few belts.
But the other main benefit is the effect on your confidence. In Britain, many teenagers now carry a knife and think nothing of using it. I think this is a very sad state of affairs and reflects our materialistic, homogenous society, lack of culture and respect and general social degradation.
Imagine if you were well trained in the martial arts and confident that you could easily evade any attacker. It must do wonders for your confidence in general. I have no doubt that you would also get success in many other areas such as relationships and work.
So, while I’m not in shape yet to consider doing a martial art, I am going to look at some books and try to learn some basic street fighting moves. I used to have a small library but I cannot remember where I put it on my PC. In the meantime, I have found a few decent books on Scribd which is an excellent resource for free books.