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No it’s not but I do think you have to temper your approach some which it sounds like you already have in part. Realize that there is a difference in how quickly your body recovers and heals when you are in your 30s; especially if you have not been very active and are way out of shape. If that is the case ease into it some and take a little bit of a gradual approach when first starting out. That will decrease the chances of aches, strains, and other nagging problems for you and not leave you so stiff and sore that you can’t roll out of bed the next morning to go to work. That is the one area I have seen more problems for beginning students like yourself than anything else. They sometimes are over zealous and enthusiastic and try and do to much, to hard, to quickly thinking that they are still like a teenager. An in shape teenager can go out and play a couple of full court pick-up basket ball games in the morning, mow the lawn in the afternoon, and hit the gym and the weights that night and not miss a beat hardly and get up the next day and do it again. That will do most thirty year olds in though so continue to be smart in your approach and you should be fine.

You may even want to work out a little doing some stretching and calisthenics on your own for the next few or several weeks while you look around for a place to join. That way you will be more ready and able to handle some of the rigors of your class and getting started.

Of course not. There are people starting in their 40′s and 50′s in MMA.

Competing wise, you may behind in the game. But like you mentioned, your not interested in that. So there are no worries.

It’s never too late as long as your health allows you to do it. Check with your doctor and go ahead, have fun!

Look up Dr. John Williams, MMA fighter.

A guy in my BJJ class just started, and he’s 34. So no it’s never too late.

No, it’s not too late.

There are people in my gym who are in their 30′s and 40′s and they train MMA.

No it is not. my father teaches mma and he has people joining in their 40′s.

My brother is starting his Kyokushin training next week, he’s 45 and no experience with Martial Arts, and not fit as well.

Unless you’re bedridden or dead, it’s never too late to start training.