Why people start martial arts training and why they continue are most lilkely 2 different reasons, and why they stay may often be for a better reason than why they started. However that is just one of those things that people may not understand up front.

So maybe the question to ask is not why you want to start training but why do you think you would want to continue for a couple of years, or more.

The teachers personality is definitely an important factor for me, I could stay in a school where i didnt respect the teacher as a person no matter how good a martial artist he is. Even though teachers are human I still like to believe they should set an example.