Should I quit Martial Arts?

If you were lead to believe you've learned everything and only need to "learn" it, then I have to question the legitimacy of this Krav Maga school, especially given that mixed street fighting and traditional karate comment. Street fighting isn't a style at all, and any connection to Krav Maga and traditional Karate is superficial at best.

I'm not going to comment on anymore seeing as that isn't what you're asking. You don't have to "quit" martial arts. A true black belt can still train without the observed guidance of an instructor. You should of learned enough to take care of certain things yourself.

There are a lot of people who stop going to classes for financial reasons and pick it back up where they left off later on when things settle. There's nothing wrong with that. If you don't like where you're at then quit. If it's not what you want to do, then it's simply not worth it. You won't be learning anything at heart and that would be a waste of money and time.

If you want to be an author then pursue it. Simply taking martial arts for the sake of making friends is silly. Friends come and go. At 13 years old, the friends you have now you probably aren't going to be around in another 13 years. Once college age hits, things take a big turn.

Do whatever you feel you should do. It's your life, and even though a parent's job is to prepare and guide their kid, the final call is still always up to you.

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As per my awareness, Krav Maga is a style that has no belting system, such is pure self defense knowledge and not for mixed street fighting, besides, such words is not appropriate to call, because street fighting is not a method, and doing such is not the work of a person which meant to defend himself.

But what really makes me wonder, you are a 13 years old and a Black belt in Karate, it seems that you are not that matured enough to received such belt and you have been fall on the wrong place promoting you at earlier age.

With this, to make your question answered, if you want to quit in Martial Arts and doing such didn't make you satisfy anymore, then what's the reasons for continuing doing it, being at the training place everyday that your thoughts is running somewhere is like a torture that will keep on chasing you.

But you must think many times before deciding to quit, after a while, it's time for you to talk to your parents about your final decision.

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Anyone who has been a member at less than 3 schools is probably deluding themelves into what they really know. ie-"You cant get good without ground fighting." Ok, tell the chinese styles and many japanese that, which dont include ground fighting at all. There is a specific reason. (But sure its good to have that training) One is training either for -fighting skill, a good workout, a place to make friends hang out and spiritually advance. If you want the first one, you need a combat oriented school, forget anything traditional like karate, wing-chun or Judo. If you want the others, you can find them on your own. If you want all 3 and can find it, you are truly blessed. Bottom line is, there always seems to be a guy who is beter, and getter and better than the last teacher you had no matter how many yrs you practice. Why is that? So if at age 50 you cant discern who the best ,most lethal fit is for you as a teacher, you aint gonna do it as a teen ager. Also...some of the most lethal guys you ever want to see cant teach for sh^t! Find a good teacher who has skill also. Also, if a teacher is giving you too many moves to memorize at once, he is likely covering up the fact he doesnt know the laws of physics and tactics each one is for. I am now over 50 and it took me over 25 years and 50 schools to find the right teacher for me. This guy has a photographic memory, has studied with Hatsumi in Japan for years, Rich Bastillo from the bruce lee JKD crowd as well as chinese internal experts. He told me straight out...you wont get as good as me...i was born with a photographic memory. But you can get "good enough"!

Dear Nicholas,

You are 13 years old with your whole life ahead of you. Martial arts (like music and any other form of arts) will become a lot more worthwhile once you reach your early to mid 20's. Id recommend doing something different and cheaper. You can still write and continue your goals to become a writer! But don't give up your martial arts!

If i were you, I would begin to study a new form of martial arts, have you considered wrestling? Or maybe Fencing? Don't give up something that in the future may benefit you greatly. I grew up with my friend Alex, he was 10 at the time when he decided that he would get into martial arts. Today he is a certified "Chinese doctor" even though hes not Chinese and he does parkour videos all around the world.

To conclude, there is great opportunity to be had. Your still really young. Continue all your goals, tell your parents to shut up, go study a bit of writing or get your hands on books that teach writing. I would highly recommend you continue martial arts, but do wrestling (simply because 80% of all fights go to the ground).

Yes. Since neither you or your mother are getting anything out of this, it is nothing but a waste of time and money.

You do NOT know everything - you just think you do. You are 13 years old and the sum total of your knowledge is not even a tenth of what an adult knows. A black belt in 3 years is proof that you have been going to a McDojo. Any school that would make a 13 year old after only 3 years think he knows it all is a sham.

you shouldn't quit martial arts, but you should definetely leave your school. no offence, but a black belt at 13 is a mcdojo. if you don't know what a mcdojo is, google it, and see why it's bad. you haven't learnt everything yet, you haven't even got close to scratching the surface, but this is not your fault, but your schools, and krav maga, is not karate and "street fighting" it is a self defense system, not a martial art. don't give up on martial arts, but definetely do yourself a favour and quit where your at.

goodluck!

Not to be rude but at thirteen you have not learned everything! If you have been lead to believe that then you are in the wrong school. Most martial artists will tell you that they have spent a life time in martial arts and are far from knowing every thing.

Now to answer your question. Yes quit!!! Obviously you don't enjoy it and are looking for a reason to quit, so just quit. You are the only one that is unhappy so don't go through life unhappy and thinking you have to please some one else. Please yourself.

you shouldn't do anything you don't enjoy

martial arts is about self discipline it's mental control the black belt is nice but as a writer the best lesson you could learn from martial arts would be the mental discipline unless your gym is all about the physical and none of the philosophical i still think lessons could be learned from the discipline side even if you had to take the initiative and read between the lines think back and see if it has taught you any mental lessons like commitment or how to set a goal and achieve it

Find somewhere cheaper, like they teach at a park.

There are many ways to pick up social skills, that don't require you to have a large circle of friends everywhere you go. That helps, of course, but social skills are just that, skills. Anybody can learn them, no matter what their disability or handicap is. Problem is, people don't teach classes on things such that. And in martial arts, self defense, and the study of violence, is probably the only place that specializes in how to deal with social problems.

This is what happens when you give a 13 year old a black belt.