Thanks guys. It's much easier coming out of hiding knowing there's another Kiwi around. Don't want to be the butt of all the Sheep jokes on my own now, do I?
In some ways, I feel like I'm cheating a bit, as it seems like I kind of know many of you already through reading these forums. While there's plenty of great information being presented by very knowledgeable people here, what I like most about these forums is the attitude of the participants. Things remain civil even when talking about politics
I've always wanted to try Uechi-Ryu, but I've just never had the opportunity. Hopefully I'll be able to address that at some point in the future.
In reading these forums, it seems there's a lot of overlap in what I do (or should I say, try to do) as well - compression/expansion, coiling/uncoiling, whipping and maximising torque through the total summation of joint forces. I guess its true what they say about the human body dictating what can and can't be done.
Laird:
Shisochin is a kata practiced by the Goju-Ryu people. It's not as popular as other Goju kata such as Sepai or Suparimpei, but I quite like it for some reason. Must be because is not too complicated (from an applications point of view) and fairly direct.
Cheers,
Wayne Young
, looking forward to it 
