Are people normally respectful or disrespectful in martial arts gyms
I've thought about learning how to fight through a martial art, I have no idea which one but tbh I'm scared of what the atmosphere there might be like.
I want to learn because I was bullied a lot when I was younger and I was always too scared to stand up for myself, but I'm worried that people are just gonna laugh at me and beat me up the whole time I'm there.
It doesn't help that I see a lot of clips of people fighting in the streets all the time over nothing, I'm scared that if something happens to me I won't be able to defend myself, but I don't wanna try and learn to fight and just get beaten up every weekend by people that are better than me because they think its funny or something.
Also, is there a specific martial art I should go to a gym for? I was interested in either kickboxing or muay thai initially but I'm unsure if I'd like it there since I'm absolutely terrified of being in a fight