Originally posted by Tiger_Yin
wow all these answered sucked bad.. not ONE person makes mention of aikido? Besides the traditional seiza at begining and end of classes u hardly use ur knees and i thnk is has 0 kicks since its the only MA that doesnt have atemi at all…
I’m sure he wants a MA that he’ll actually be able to use… 
Knee holding up?
Hey JP,
If the knee holds up to stance training, lots of southern styles don’t revolve around kicking, while they do have some low kicks which may work for you nevertheless. The point being that most of the work is accomplished by the hands, working from a solid platform built from the hips down through solid stance work.
My knees have seen better days as well, but I find the isometric exercise you get with stance training is easy to moderate when enough is enough, yet you can build strength in a low-impact manner. Stronger muscles support weak or worn out joints nicely. Besides, lots of southern styles use bridge fighting techniques, so you can hang off your opponent while you work your magic…
Glad to hear its not such a disabilitating injury.
Bent Monk - as your avitar indicates a wheel chair, am I right in assuming you use one? Would you be able to get a hold on your opponent, then use your upper body strength to your advantage in a grappling/striking manner?
Panantukan is Filipino Dirty Boxing, and has only a small amount of lower body stuff besides footwork. I should mention blade methods again too.
Why would you have to change “arts” tho? Just dont kick anymore.
Well I can walk…sorta. 
Yum Cha - No I don’t use a chair. The avatar is the logo for a disabled MA program I have started. Upper body strength, grabbing and striking are the core of what I do though.
JP - You can walk like me if you want…I don’t mind.
Thanks Paul.
Just on hearsay…
Shaolin-Do had a sanshou seminar in austin eh? And is trying to implement “san shou” into some of the schools, but has no interest in using gloves besides the foam dipped rubber, and no interest in competing in outside venues…
Heh…
Anyway…
What exactly did you do to your knee jp? I had a really really messed up left knee for about a year, just about 4 months ago I was finally able to train without my knee brace. I just did a lot of stance work… Helped strengthen the tendons and ligaments again. Lots of one legged knee bends and lunges also…