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At what skill level do most teachers determine if the student can handle that kind of knowledge?

I've only been going for a month or so, they charge $35/semester (6mo) so I might as well sign up and find out for myself if I will like it or not. When you guys say kata, you mean we do sequential moves over and over instead of sparring right? I don't think the club has insurance, so sparring is prohibited. I do see the blackbelts trade puches and kicks, but only 3/4 speed and without trying to hurt the other person.

In six months I will be graded on what they have taught me, and if I do well enough I'll get a white belt. In the five practices I've been to, they've mentioned "self defense" plenty of times, so I am pretty sure what we're learning is for that purpose.

So far, all we're doing are movements in sequence. I assume this is kata, correct? Since we're all beginners, I expect this to change once the class has reached a certain performance level. I will check into that. This would be a different club correct? (IE : they wouldn't teach weapon defense in Goju Ryu)

Is four years considered a short amount of time? That's how long I plan on living here (assuming I don't fail any courses!). In a four year time frame, what level of performance is the 'average' student at? P.A.L, You say Goju Ryu is a very solid style. What other forms are you comparing it to? Does it focus more on self defense (not getting your * kicked if you were put into that sort of situation), rather than technique (technique meaning I would be getting trained to impress someone grading me for a belt advancement)? I can't really find any websites with comparisons of Goju Ryu to other styles. All I can seem to dig up is history.

Hello everyone, nice place you got here:). I'm thinking about joining a karate club whose style is "Goju-Ryu" according to their website http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~karate/ . I have gone to a few of their training sessions, and so far I enjoy it. There are a number of other martial arts clubs that I could join, but as a beginner I don't really know which would be most beneficial. How does this differ than the other twenty styles of karate out there? How would something like boxing or UFC differ from karate?