hey mate,
first of all, i will say what everyone has said your never too old to start anything.... my biggest fear walking into a martial arts class was my weight, once i worked up enough courage after 4 years of delaying it i wondered my i had not started earlier. what i am getting at is you delay these things for whatever reason but once you start all of your fears will be put aside.
anyway, with the muay thai class. i have been to a class like that before, i felt hopeless the instructor didnt give me the time of day and only showed an interest in me when i worked the mitts with him for 5 minutes then that was it. then the next lesson things changed, i guess he was testing me to see if i was serious. it depends on the size of the class as to how long you will be "worked with individually" however you will get your technique going soon, once you do everything will flow nicely.
however, if after a couple mpre lessons the instructor is like that. i personally would leave. i went to a wing chun class 3 times, each lesson the instructor was behind the counter folding shirts and doing paperwork while another student lead the class. i left and never looked back, and am glad even knowing i am still very interested in learning wing chun one day (through another instructor).
as for other choices, the list goes on forever but it depends on what is near you and what grabs your attention. IMO for punching and kicking with out any holds chockes and locks muay thai is great however if you want add these look for Hapkido or ju jitsu or something similar to those.
welcome to the site and welcome to the addicting world of martial arts.
first of all, i will say what everyone has said your never too old to start anything.... my biggest fear walking into a martial arts class was my weight, once i worked up enough courage after 4 years of delaying it i wondered my i had not started earlier. what i am getting at is you delay these things for whatever reason but once you start all of your fears will be put aside.
anyway, with the muay thai class. i have been to a class like that before, i felt hopeless the instructor didnt give me the time of day and only showed an interest in me when i worked the mitts with him for 5 minutes then that was it. then the next lesson things changed, i guess he was testing me to see if i was serious. it depends on the size of the class as to how long you will be "worked with individually" however you will get your technique going soon, once you do everything will flow nicely.
however, if after a couple mpre lessons the instructor is like that. i personally would leave. i went to a wing chun class 3 times, each lesson the instructor was behind the counter folding shirts and doing paperwork while another student lead the class. i left and never looked back, and am glad even knowing i am still very interested in learning wing chun one day (through another instructor).
as for other choices, the list goes on forever but it depends on what is near you and what grabs your attention. IMO for punching and kicking with out any holds chockes and locks muay thai is great however if you want add these look for Hapkido or ju jitsu or something similar to those.
welcome to the site and welcome to the addicting world of martial arts.