nickel

Thanks for all of your kind comments, First lesson booked for April 20th(golf taking priority until then). If learning Karate is anything like golf then I'm in real trouble.

My son, who is 6yrs old, has been doing karate for about a yeay now and is going for his orange belt. His sensei keeps asking when I'm going to join and I've finally decided to start, at the age of 40. As I am quite self conscious and would hate to look like an idiot, would it be a good idea to try and learn some of the basics and Heian Shodan before attending my first class, or should I just take the plunge ?