I'm from the Caribbean, an there's not much variety in martial arts over here, the most known or dominant one in ma country's karate. Bruce Lee's an inspiration as to how i look at martial arts. I respect all arts an if i could train in um, i'd train in them all guess i'm greedy yet finding ones limits an grasping it in ya own hands is an amazing thing.
Currently i've gathered a lot vid tutorials, an one or two books on arts i'm interested in.
What i've realized is before i undergoing any physical training, i need a solid foundation energy wise , as energy can determine your mastery of a art.
I've checked out dvd 1-3 of the Understanding Qigong dvd series and its taught me alot. Qigong is an amazing art, An with this I start my foundation, currently focusing on the breathing aspect of it , so far I'm just doing abdominal breathing.. gonna do more when the movement becomes a habit.