I highly recommend getting some training WHILE you at least get an Associates in Education and/or teaching. I have studied Chinese Martial Arts under a traditional master for over 22 years, and you're really going to need some prior experience to make the training easier to understand. Though many styles differ greatly, the basics are universal. If you plan on teaching Martial Arts, make sure you can teach, too. When I first was promoted to High Senior, I had to start assisting my master in teaching, and let me tell you, before then, I couldn't even teach worth of shit. (That even applies to playing simple games for children, or teaching them basic dance. I really couldn't teach to save my life.) In learning to teach, you also learn to be a proper student. Discipline, practicing and conditioning is just the very tip of the iceberg.