Hello, I'm new to this forum so here's a quick introduction. My name is Kevin, I'm from the Netherlands and I've been practicing Shotokan Karate for about 3 months now. I'm nearyl 33 years old and have never done martial arts before (I used to be a swimmer and enjoyed mountainbiking). Since I never had the need to kick I'm not very flexible in that way (I'm not very flexible in general for that matter ) so I'd like to know if there are some good exercises to help me improve. I know it's impossible to learn a split within two months so I'm looking at this realistically. It will take a while to get from white belt to black, so I was thinking it would be nice to gradually keep improving flexibility as a gain Kyu grades (and of course it would be nice to have those awsome kicks by the time I reach black belt ) So what kind of exercises can you guys advise me? And how often do I need to do them? I have no problem stretching daily, or even more times a day. I'm not looking to rush this but since I'm nearly 33 years old I'd like to take it very serious. Thanks in advance! Osu!
