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  • My wife is about your size(height, weight). I cannot tell your relative level of athleticism (she is a dance instructor), but I know that she could use BJJ skills effectively against me.

    Be wary. Try free classes. Talk to the students (outside of class). Use your google-foo to check things out. You can also ask specifically about a certain class on bullshido.net. That website has its cliques, but they'll be able to tell you if a certain school is known for being BS.

    If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me.
    -Mike
    You need to learn to defend yourself against larger males, and this can only be done by training with large males. Shihan is very skilled Judo, Karate etc. etc. and has many, many highly ranked female instructors who would be able to give you different insights.

    That style is a traditional style.

    You should also check out some non-traditional styles such as Gracie Jiu Jitsu. Yes, it is a lot of grappling/wrestling, but again, in the real world that's the sort of situation you might want to defend yourself against.

    I am a short, muscular male (5'8 ,170lbs) who has often used BJJ techniques to dominate men that were 100 lbs heavier than me. That being said, in the past I have been dominated by women BJJ practitioners that were only blue belts (a low rank).
    There is a huge amount of woo in the martial arts world, be on your guard. Any legitimate school will let you try some classes for free, without any pressure at all.

    Be careful of long contracts. You might get injured during training, or outside of training, and end up having to pay for classes you are not taking. Often the instructors have an outside agency handle the membership billing (they want to worry about teaching, not billing), so even if the kindly old master is sympathetic towards your plight, he might not be able to stop the creditors from calling, if you decide to stop paying because you are injured.

    The Goju school I linked to in the thread is a great school for traditional MA. I have attended schools that are linked (taught by Shihan's previous students) in the past. They generally tend to exist around universities and draw students from colleges. The student base tends to run around 50% male/female.
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