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It's kinda hard to explain with words and no context. To sum it up. when i told some of them i was going to move and would not be able to study goju ryu, but instead would be able to study some other martial arts (besides karate i can practice anything from kung fu to systema in this dojo), i actually got little to allmost negative response and support. of course, these people are often those that have trained for more than 2-3x the time i have, and still knows very little of karate, they dont understand what we learn and only memmorize the katas and cant apply their techniques without it being yaksu kumite with 1 attack pattern allowed. Anyways, i talked to my sensei. Henrik Larsen a well known name in goju ryu, and he was actually really supportive. He told me the only downside might be that they arent as organised as his organisation is. What a great person to be so supportive when i am leaving his dojo for another and even different organisation. And thanks for the info Karate_John

Hi guys. I have been practicing goju ryu for some time now, and i have to move to a new city where there is no goju ryu. Instead there is kenshin-kan goju ryu. I looked it up (duuhh ) and noticed its allmost identical to goju ryu in kata forms. Can somone tell mere where it differes from goju ryu karate-do that i practice now ? I will ask my sensei today at class, but i would like to hear from somone who is not a subject of my leaving the dojo. (not all in the dojo think its good to take classes at somthing new) Thank you very much.

Thanks you all very mucht for inputs. i will take this into consideration. Tough - "Coming from an Exercise Science Perspective you shouldn't looking at maximum effort and gains for stretching just yet" When should i ? And where does it differ from "non-maximum effort/gain stretch" ?

Ok, to sum it up. I used to practice taekwondo when i where younger. Got into bodybuilding, added somthing like 80-90LB musclemass over 9 years, and now i quit for serval reasons and went back into martial arts (Goju ryu since we dont have taekwondo near where i am located now). But man .. my kicks are bad .. So im stretching a lot, but i am worried i might be doing it too much at once ? What would be recomended for maximum effort and gains from my stretch ? I might add that im: 176CM 102 kg 2 month ago and down to 92KG. My legs are really big, and i know i need to drop more muscle mass to be able to move better, but it takes time. I dont know if it should be taken into condiseration when stretching so much. i thank you in advance for your expertice and help.