Choosing a martial art with messed up knee?

hey srry to hear ur knee is busted! dude that must suck....well i don't know-i do karate/jujitsu/brazilian jujitsu/tkd from my uncles but they all involve a lot of leg work n it will be bad for ur knee....but if u rlly want to try a martial arts i would rlly recommend u to do jujitsu, its basically mostly hand work where u manipulate the other person's joints so they fall to the ground n then in some cases dislocate that joint...great thing about jujitsu is that if ur careful with ur knee then u can do some kool throws, like head throws, takedowns, n chokes....i would seriously recommend that u talk to ur doc or therapist about ur knee n see if u can do a martial arts, i mean i wouldn't want u to bust ur knee n then never use it again juz for martial arts...but if u can i would rlly think u should do jujitsu-it takes alot of work especially since u have to judge distance between ur opponent n do combination manipulations as u find openings n do feints....i used jujitsu in a fight n its like u have complete control over them if u get a good joint lock or throw...there are some rlly tight hand strikes that can make a person go unconcsious...there are some leg sweeps n kicks but i would avoid due to ur knee, good luck to u dude n if u got any questions u can email me sometime, my uncles would be more than happy to help u choose ur martial arts if u want!

Sorry to hear about your knee. I know how you feel, I pretty much destroyed mine, but still do karate!

You should be able to do any type of martial arts you like. A good instructor should be able to know how to work with injured people and how to work around the injury.

Best of luck with your training!

Chose any type of martial art you like. A good instructor will help you heal your injuried knee and help make it stronger to prevent future injuries.

I don't think it would be too much of a problem if you wear a brace. Four people in my Chung Do Kwan dojang have bad knees and one had both knees replaced, his legs broken several times, torn ACLs, back problems, and he does pretty well. Just pick whatever style interests you the most.

don't know why boxing got a bad rating but its a good start, and if you can still skip itll help your knee. But its good for fighting so start there until you can do something else. And the cardio will help your knees heal and be strong

its not the style that mess up your knees. its the training methods you use, do to poor teacher. Even tai chi if done wrong will screw up your knees.

start by finder an instructor that knows what there doing

Try Mortal Kombat, or if you have a good imagination try YuGiOh.

They will be better on your knee.

:-)

try 1 of these, tai chi, wing chun, shorin-ryu (they use higher stances)

try tai-chi you wont get hurt there. sndman

try boxing you only use your hands