My advice would be to move forward and take a class. Things like IPSC/ IDPA/SASS are fun, but unless you have a clear understanding and can seperate games from fighting they can be detrimental.
There are are great number of people teaching- some are viable and some are not, but no matter where you go, make an effort to not fall in love with a single place/ instructor/ doctrine; and bring back at least two things from every class that you can use.
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