Urgent Advice

[chinothepony]

Hello everyone i would like some advice here is my story i had broken my leg from an accident about 3 months ago, skip about 3 weeks ago and I was in the park with a friend of mine at about 5.50pm and well we were in the bushes area.
Anyways a guy came up to her and threatened her but he didn't see me as i was on the other side now im pretty big but im still 15 i thought he might try something as seeing an opportunity, i had my crutches i went up behind him and smacked him over the head real hard.

Now i was lucky we managed to get away and the guy was caught but i felt so defenseless in that situation, so i have decided to undergo a form of fighting but i am not sure to which one i am always determined my legs has made a full recovery Ive been sampling a few styles but am not sure.

I would really be grateful if someone could tell me a style that i could practice that is very deadly and uses a quick offense, note money is no issue.

Here is a few stats about me.

Age:15
Height:5ft 7
Build: Medium muscular
Stamina: Can last very long.
Fat: hardly any

I study Isshin-ryu and its a great way for self-defense. A lot of the moves are made for the street as well, as it utilizes your environment.

Here's some of the differences of using Isshin-ryu:

Isshin-Ryu employs a vertical punch with the fingers tucked in and the thumb on top of the fist. Advantages vary with opinion, but it is usually taught that the thumb placement increases the stability of the wrist when punching, and that a vertical punch strikes with the same force at any range instead of at maximum extension as with a corkscrew style punch. Another advantage is that when punching, the thumb will not get caught on an object as opposed to having the thumb sticking up or out.

A corkscrew punch is how you see normally when people cock their fist and turn their wrist so the knuckles are left-to-right before impact.

In Isshin-Ryu it is believed that the vertical punch is faster than the cork-screw punch: three vertical hand punches can be generated in the time of two cork-screw punches.

Isshin-Ryu arm blocks are performed today with the muscle at the intended contact point as opposed to other styles that block with the bone. By using the two bones and the muscle to form a block, less stress is created against the defender's arm, increasing the ability to absorb a strike.

The original arm blocks were taught with palm up, wrist bent, to form a trapping motion as well as to block and/or strike with the radius bone.

Isshin-Ryu kicks are primarily a "snapping" motion, as opposed to placing primary emphasis on thrusting and follow-through. A lot of our style kicks use specific points of the foot as a weapon. We use the ball of our foot, or the flat bony side we refer to as a knife edge, and the heel.

With that said, there are a lot of styles out there that can help you. If you can find a personal trainer its even better. That is the set-up I have. An Ex-cop and 9th Dan (9th degree black belt) is training me.

Be weary of commercialized Martial Arts. Those places where they just pull in a bunch of people and go through the routines, without actually applying them I would be leery of. You want the meat and potatoes and you definitely want to spar.

You think you have a lot of stamina? And maybe you do. But I will tell you this, sparring or fighting can take all that stamina out of you in seconds. So make sure you are sparring and have a way to practice your moves on someone else. I'd hate for you to go through routines without real world applications.

Good luck to you!