Hey there, I've been meaning to ask this question for quite some time, I've only been practising Karate for about 2 and a half weeks now perhaps and I'm enjoying it to the fullest. There's a few things I'd like to improve though and as I don't quite know all the drills I won't try practising the techniques on my own (it wouldn't be too great if I came in with an extremely rehearsed wrong technique) but there's a few I figured I can't go wrong with which are push-ups / sit-ups and then the stretching. I'd really like to be a bit more flexible and actually be able to kick atleast high enough so I could actually kick someones head (or hand). We do this practise every now and then which involves a lot of kicking and ofcourse all of the beginners tend to kick alot lower than the others but I'd like to be able to actually do it right with someone. I'm not looking for an overnight solution but merely something I could work on in my spare time. I'd be more than willing on doing some stretches at least a few times per day so my question would basically be, which kind of stretches are best to do for your legs and for how long should I push it each time? Oh and I also had another question, I've been meaning to ask someone what style it is we're practising but I never got to it, I heard it mention'd ones and all I can recall is that it's somewhere from the South Carribean (I think..) and that it was developed by boat-people if that makes any sense to you so my question is, which style is that? Hope I'm not asking too much, cheers.
