Training at two different clubs/dojos?

[AndrewH]

I think it is better to train in two completely different styles. My main styles are Kobayashi Shorin-Ryu (Traditional and based more on Shuri-Te) and Kempo & Goju (A hybrid Sport style based more on Naha-Te)

The have almost no similarities past the basics, and even those are a little different. Plus it looks better when you show someone your wall and they see two certificates that don't say exactly the same thing. You do what your heart tells you, but any good martial artist will inevitably study a different style.

[Hawkmoon]

Two styles, or two (or more dojos) is a good thing!

You will have to work out what is good what is bad, be that style or dojo else the main ryu the one you are trying to enhance will suffer!

If the two are close in look etc to each other then you either need to be highly disciplined or risk mixing one with the other, and that a grading failure.

or

as other have said they need to be hugely different.

Me I have mixed Kyokushin with Ju-Jitsu which was worked well, but on another occasion I mixed Kyokushin with Shotokan and depending on what dojo i was in was told I have bad habits!

[JohnASE]

Most of what I think has already been said. It sounds fine as long as it's okay with everyone involved.

One advantage to talking to your sensei is that maybe he can adjust your duties to allow for more training. If he doesn't think that's best, maybe he can explain why. Part of advanced training is learning how to teach. Maybe that's what he wants you to focus on.

It's funny. Your complaint is the same one that I hear from senseis all the time. They're so busy teaching that they don't have time to train. What some of them do is teach what they feel like working on, so they can teach and train at the same time.

[Hawkmoon]

Most of what I think has already been said. It sounds fine as long as it's okay with everyone involved.

One advantage to talking to your sensei is that maybe he can adjust your duties to allow for more training. If he doesn't think that's best, maybe he can explain why. Part of advanced training is learning how to teach. Maybe that's what he wants you to focus on.

It's funny. Your complaint is the same one that I hear from senseis all the time. They're so busy teaching that they don't have time to train. What some of them do is teach what they feel like working on, so they can teach and train at the same time.

Absolutely, do speak with sensei, a lesson I nearly learned the hard way!

One time because I didn't speak to the sensei of the dojo I was in, I was nearly 'banned' from training in his dojo.