The new member is probably me?   I signed up but saw that this is a low-activity and relatively quiet group.

I grew up in Asia, and started Karate training while I was there.   For about 12 years I put a lot of time into Karate training, afterwards I stopped totally because work was too busy for me and I could not put time into it - I don't like to do anything half-heartedly.   Thirty some years of working day and night elapsed quickly, and then few years ago my small company was acquired by a larger company, since then I haven't worked as much and began to have time to do small, albeit reasonably steady, amount of running in order to stay in shape.

Often I get an urge to resume karate again, but I am staring at old age now and don't think I can restart it and do well.

I hope this group gets more activities.

Cheers to everyone,
W

And another one. Welcome, Vinno101. Tell us about your martial arts background.