How Do I Learn Martial Arts Without Money?

Try searching the internet…there should be some great sites for finding martial arts without money…

Do not even try to learn the type of techniques you want without an instructor. You risk learning incorrectly which will accomplish two things. You will develope a false sense of security and most likely get hurt if you try to use what you have taught yourself.

That said, I am sure that if there are sincere teachers in your area one would be willing to teach you in exchange for work around their house or at the school. My teacher has done this in the past and so have I. You must be very sincere and endeaver to give the teacher more in work than he/she provides in lessons. This will show your willingness to work hard and your dedication to the art and you teacher.

Good luck.

An excellent way to train on a budget is to check out the bulletin boards at your local community college. Often you will find that there are others with some skills looking for a partner whom they can work out with. This usually means you will be training in a garage, or backyard. That dosent mean its not good training. You get what you pay for. You can pay money to go to a pretty dojo, and build false confidence, or you can pay with sweat and develop real skills. If you’re lucky to might find someone with some Krav Maga skills, but the pickier you are, the less likely you are to find free training.

The only sound way i think you can learn self defense with no money is by being close friends with a martial artist or just getting into random street fights. Although if you want to learn Krav Maga, this requires you to get those random people you fight to pull a gun or knife on you. Even in a martial arts class, after teaching you knife defense for years, they tell you the number 1 thing to do is give in to the demands. If you can get out of it with your life, just by complying, then do it. Give the guy your wallet.

Maybe a ymca close by offers it cheap. I knwo my instructor used to charge $1 a lesson until the YMCA upped the rent.

Oh and i know you don’t really wanna hear it, but with the website idea, its just bad. You really need someone who knows how to do the attacks, to do them to you, to properly defend. I mean practicing getting out of a choke hold with my little bro was helpful for technique, but then once i ranked up a few belts and the instructor is really choking me….its somethign different.

For example, we learned a few different ways to get out of a rear choke and one worked the best. So the instructor made a point by modifiying the choke and that way absoloutly didnt’ work anymore. Had to tak ea differnet route to get out of it. These are the type of things you can’t learn from a website / dvd.

Anywas..last option. Talk to an instructor about your situation. Might give you a discount…might have some alternatives for you like doing some clean up work.