I've been studying Shotokan actively for about 10 years..my wife studies it (well not at the moment she's 8 months pregnant)...and my son is studying....

....I like it because it is not as fluid as other styles and more linear.....I started with boxing (Golden Gloves) and normally progressed.

I studied in Japan for 8 years under Master Matsune in Ehime. Martial arts isn't something you can wake up one day and say

"Hey I want to learn how to how to kick azz" Martial arts is hard work....think about it before you commit of you will the next brutha in a long line of bruthaz that says.

"Oh.........I used to study karate"

PaRris