Well, I've officially retired from the MA I've been doing for the past 6 years or so. It was a mixed MA based around TKD and after the 2nd Dan I wanted to learn something else rather than going deeper into the minutiae, as it were.

So, I've whittled it down to 3 or perhaps 4, based primarily around accessibility and interest on my behalf, and I was hoping some guys here might be able to give me their thoughts on any or all of these. Of course I will go and try each to see which I like, but forewarned is forearmed, as they say.

1. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I've done some grappling as part of the previous MA, but I'm thinking what I know is probably ludicrously simple. Plus I'm probably physically most suited to this, I think.

2. Aikado. There's a 6th Dan quite close to us, and having read some of his material this one seems to be most in line with my philosophy, at least. I know it is a very formal MA. He also teaches other things weapons-wise: sword, staff, walking stick??? Could be interesting.

3. Wing Chung. Bruce Lee, need I say more?

There's also krav maga, but I'm not really that interested in it to be honest. I might go to a free lesson to see, but at this stage it is down to those three above.

If I had to rank them in terms of initial, completely uninformed, interest level it would be 2, 1, 3.

So, anyone with any thoughts on these? Thanks in advance.

James.