i have personnaly started karate at the age of 5, but i think i was the youger in my dojo. but as you can see, i am always here 15 years after (i had begin shotokan at 5, and goju ryu at 9, but really begin to work goju ryu at the age of 14)
i actually work gankaku for shotokan and sanseiryu in goju ryu.... the objective is not to now the most katas as possible, but to now them well! in goju ryu i think that i "know" only 4 or 5 katas, and i am working on about 4 elses (i practice goju ryu for about 12 years now...)
hello! i found this forum by searching Eiichi miyazato lineage i practice goju ryu until the age of 8, so it was 12 years old now. i practice it in the french official jundokan dojo in cachan (near paris). recently 5 grand masters came from okinawa to an event in my club. http://www.jundokan.jp/english/events.htm myself (in the center) http://www.jundokan.jp/img/18.jpg