Hi there,
I want to take up Muay Thai to improve my confidence, make new friends, be fit and healthy, improve hand-eye coordination and learn some self-defence. However, I’m worried that I’ll embarrass myself in a group session as I don’t have a good history in terms of PE, which I sucked at and was in a super competitive and hostile form group. It’s years later and I plan on working out again (after a year) and practicing a little Muay Thai via YouTube videos too. However, I’m wondering if anyone else wasn’t really the strongest in terms of sports but really enjoyed martial arts and got really good. I know that everyone needs to start somewhere, and I really want to improve my practical skills, but I’m so nervous of training in front of others. Does anyone else relate? The martial arts gym I’ve looked at seems very friendly and chill af. I just don’t want my nerves to stop me from doing something that would benefit me in so many ways. However, PE in school really ruined my confidence and I don’t want to worry about embarrassing myself in front of others.
Also, I had a teacher in school who was a second dan black belt in karate and she said she wasn’t good at PE when she was in school too, and was embarrassed about that. I feel like team sports are very different from training a martial art; so maybe I’ll be fine