Be real careful selecting a place to train. You'll find junk-ass schools that teach you nothing and charge you out the a-hole. You'll find schools full of UFC frenzy-fed dipshits who think they can kill someone with a superman punch. I've been at my current school for 13 years. We train in everything realistic, and incorporate all kinds of weapons, offensively and defensively. We also train in anatomy, and ways to defeat body systems (skeletal, respiratory, vascular, central nervous, ...).