What's the best martial arts I could easily learn at my age?

Hi. Every kind of sport of martial art you would chose to practice is fine, even if you arent very fit as of now. Its not like you will be teached advanced aerial kicks at your first lesson. So dont be afraid even if your not yet in shape.

If i had to suggest ONE thing to do that would be Capoeira, it is just so great, fun and it makes you very strong, not to mention it uses every part of your body, so when you will start being good at it all your body muscles will be strong.

I started while i had not done any sports in years and frankly my body was terribly weak, now i'm just fine. Also lots of people think that Capoeira is a dance and not a fight, that's wrong, Capoeira is a fight in wich you can chose if hit or not hit your opponent. I highly suggest you try it, it changed my life!

T'ai Chi is a soft form that is very good if you aren't in shape.

You should go to a variety of Martial Arts Dojos (studios/workout gyms) in your area and decide which one is best for you. I took Shotokan Karate when I was your age. It half killed me because I wasn't in shape and they had 3 hour work-outs from the start. But I took them because it was non-contact Karate in my area. The self-control, must be able to stop one inch from the person in order to work out with the group, that pushed me to practice that. In a real fight, one inch into the person.

Always look for a dojo with people who are respectful, if the instructor says "honey" or "baby" to female students or treats them like second class people, find a different instructor. Most places will let you watch a class or two before you join. Talk to some of the students after class.

Also what do you naturally like to do? My Mother used to throw bails of hay as a farm girl and because she had muscles, she had a hard body. She would have naturally been good at Judo. I have always been complemented on my kicking and I have big leg muscles, so the style of Karate I chose had 50% lower and 50% upper body workouts. I got to use my legs more than I would in some other styles and yet improve my strength in the upper half of my body, too.

Martial Arts are a big commitment. Sometimes just trying short mini-classes in self-defense in different styles is very important to really decide which is best for you. If you like aerobics, there are cardio-martial arts classes.

I, too, was not in shape and wanted to do Martial Arts since I was a kid. I hope you find the best fit for you and that you are very happy. Please let us know what you decide. Every style had soog points. Let us know what you decide.

there is a lot of martial arts that you can easily learn like aikido,karate,judo and taekwondo.but i would recommend for a woman is the judo where you dont need much physical strenght to overthrow an opponent instead you use their strenght against them and it is not that tiring and tedious like the other martial arts available and of course you will need a good presence of mind so you can think of anything while in combat.

I would suggest Krav Maga, it is suitable for anybody regardless of fitness and will get you a lot fitter. It is also good for women as very quickly you will learn to defend yourself, after just one class I felt so confident.

Another good thing is that Krav was developed from other martial arts so you kinda learn a lot of different martial arts.

Since it is 3 months since you started this discussion have you decided yet.