Hi forum peeps. Just thought I'd introduce myself. I recognise a few names on here from other forums I'm on. Boz, Thatmanwaters, Hong Kong Phooey lol.

Anyway, I'm fairly new to martial Arts. Started in 2004 with GKR and reached 2nd kyu with them. I left them in 2006 and since then i've been training with John Burke (shotokan) when I can get down to him but my main training has been Goju. Plus I've done a few seminars with Terry Wingrove and Chris Rowen.

So there it is, that's me

Hi Doodlebug,

Glad to have you here! It's funny you mention Goju actually...... From the people I've spoken to who quit GKR, most have gone over to goju.....

Tom.

Thanx for the welcome Tom.

I go with 5 ex GKR people (2 are ex GKR RMs') but we only go on recommendation from another ex GKR RM that had trained with this guy for a number of years before his time with GKR.

I enjoy the shotokan instruction I get as much as the goju. It's just that the guy I do shotokan with is in Devon and I'm in Essex

Essex? I believe the Waters Clan are from that neck of the woods. Thats quite a few ex-RMs you train with. When I was with GKR most of my local RMs had been in the job for a while........ However I think that the Top Brass at GKR arent averse to firing the RMs if they're not bringing the money in!

Yea I know Nigel. He's a top bloke and his kids are cool too.

The RMs' I train with jumped ship lol

But you're right about the GKR management