First of all I will not give any advice since there is almost no more "Art" left in the diffrent way of whatever you wanna call it.....also because I wont since almost evrything I started with a verry long time ago had one purpose only: Kill the fastest and most effective way as possible (army and alike). Later I have done some that you can call MMA but not what you see as MMA, it would best describe as diffrent styles, Taekwondo, Muy Thai , and what they do teatch you when you serve in millitary, then of course something that dont have a name but learned as a family thingy... For those who want to learn basic to advance Art and self control I suggest a "Asian" style who use Honor, something like Aikido or if possible become a "Munk" that you can in diffrent SE Asian countrys....I do understand that many dont get that but I talk about become a real one, who stay in a "Wat" far away from a city or alike in a jungle or mountain, there is a loot of them, they will teatch you the Art of it, self control, meditation and so on.... If you wanna be a "holligan" just join any MMA club...no brain no pain :p MMA is not about Honor or Art...millitary combat training is not either... Remember that any of whatever fighting style you choose, it can be deadly even for the novice who use it IRL. It is so easy to kill but to live with it is a total diffrent story, accident will and can happend....remember IRL and a movie is not the same. That you will understand when you trained so mutch that it become a way of life, same as when a "bug" bite you , you will automatic just wipe it of you, same with any training it become a reflex, so I do recomend to train some severe self control, you are responsible for any action.\ outcome. Sorry for bad english and gramma..not my native language but hope it got the basic covered... I do support any training just as mentioned I do hope people could learn more selfcontrol also, so anyway enjoy it :)