I've been practicing Seido karate for about a year. I never had any martial arts training before that. There is someone near where I live who is teaching the FMAs, and I was thinking of checking that out, but I was wondering if it would be too confusing to do both karate and FMA at the same time. Any thoughts?
Hi, Seidogirl!
WELCOME TO MARTIAL TALK!

artyon:
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First off... you'll just LOVE THE FMA's! I know that I sure do!
And I'd also agree with Brian... check the school out before making any choices!
Hmm... interesting questions though! All I can really say is this... I've been studying Martial Arts and/or fight sciences off and on since I was 12... I'll be 40 in February...
Currently, the I'm learning the FMA's of Modern Arnis (Professor Remy A. Presas lineage), bits and pieces of Balintawak (Monong Guro Ted Buot lineage), and I sat in on my first Pekiti Tersia (Tortal Family as taught by GM Leo T. Gaje) Kali class last week!
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In addition, I'm returning to finish working on my black belt in Tang Soo Do Korean Karate (2nd Brown), will be returning to my EPAK (Ed Parkers American Kenpo Karate) "roots" in the New Years to pick up where I left off as a teen (Orange Belt)... and have also recently decided to get some qualified instruction in JKD concepts and Jun Fan Gung Fu...
"Take what is useful... discard the rest!" - Sifu Bruce Lee
So, it all depends on you... :mst:
Since you've said that you really had no experience in the Martial Arts prior to starting Seido about this time last year... you MAY (stress may) get a few brain cramps trying to do both at first... but, after a while, things may blend...
My vote! Jump straight into the deep end of the warm waters that are the FMA's! Swim around for a bit... and see how you make out. If it gets to be too much... fall back to the Seido only, and practice the FMA stuff enough that you will still retain the knowledge...
Good luck in whatever you decide! :asian
And, again... WELCOME!
Yours in the arts,
Andrew