>>747008>how long have you been training?if you want to count my strip mall karate classes so I could be a power ranger? over 20 years
if you want to count my actual serious training, 12 years of pretty much daily training except for time off during injuries. I actually started up very heavily with boxing/kickboxing and consider them my strongest base skill set.
I have a black belt in karate from a..yes..legitimate school. That took me some time because I started in high school and would train when at home from college on vacations and got it after college when I could devote more time.
While at college over the course of the 4 years I got a black belt in TKD which overall was super shitty as far as training style goes, but I will say I did pick up some useful tools working with them.
Currently I have recently joined up at a Judo club that is IBJJF certified and I am working towards a black belt in both disciplines, but I am still very much a beginner with them