Just back from a 2 hour class. boy am I sore, tired, hungry .... small class, just 4 of us students and all beginners. Well I'm not a beginner but it's a different dojo so things are new to me. Another gal the sensei said it was her 3rd claass. WTF she's this good on the 3rd class? I find out she did jiu jitsu before.

One of the students expressed concerned our teacher would be bored with 4 beginners till he said "I'd rather do basics every day for years with you and gain a rock solid foundation than rush ahead to do advanced techniques badly"

Zen, if you can't find a class near you or a neighbor who's trained do what basics you can do as well as you can. Find one move, do it as well as you can.

But everyone needs "mat time", or lawn time or yard time or whatever.

Gotta train with others, gotta find a teacher even if it's once year to see and have your technique seen. I hope you find a dojo (I'm sure it's not called that but just the jargon I know).