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Yeah I fully understand that black belt is the not the definition of 'decent level' (Wing Chun doesn't even use belts, and if i wanted the belt that badly I could easily purchase a black belt). I was supposed to type 'e.g' and not 'i.e', based on my sensai in Wado Ryu Karate telling me that most effective self defence techniques and free sparring were learnt at black belt.
I suppose by 'decent level' - I meant the stage where I could competently defend myself in a street situation. I acknowledge that this varies considerably with what art one is studying, how much effort one puts in, the quality of teaching etc.
I basically wanted to know if it is possible to begin a martial art aged 20, study the martial art seriously for a long time on a regular basis and balance this with the arduous task of becoming a doctor. Considering I personally have found it difficult to balance the first two years of medicine with learning martial arts, then I can only assume it will be even harder later on in the medical career. (That said, second year medicine at Cambridge is supposed to be the hardest of the whole medical career)
As for the gap year, it would be for me to actually figure out if I want to do medicine (work experience etc), but I would also use the time to learn Wing Chun as this art deeply interests me.
As for that post sounding like a rant, it didn't - it actually was very useful
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