| no style is superior to the other .... its down to the practitioner..........
To answer your question Jools how do you know a good club from a bad club..well as a raw recruit that will be hard to do.......so when i made the jump from boxing to karate i actually went along and trained at various clubs not watch but train.most clubs will let you train for a few sessions before actually joining the association....this way you can get a feel for the club and at raw recruit level its about wether you enjoy the way they train rather than the content....and you will quickly even after a few sessions realise the standard of the clubs after training at a few..
When i first started training there were not the " fashion arts " as v-man points out so rightly in the numbers there are now...so i first looked on reputation and joined the SAMA club in Brighton..
I think the more experienced you become the more the style you train in can become restrictive its one of the reasons i did ju-jitsu for 5 years as well as shotokan...most experiment with other styles..............
got carried away there...upshot go train in a good club and train in a style or club that meets your goal criteria..................
Phil  | 
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