Is there a reason people keep recommending the J 2 M 3 , but not the J 2 M 5 nonpremium J 2 M 5 ? <| sep |> Came here to bash , but seeing as it somewhat woks . good job ! <| sep |> I also got my brew crew crowler for thanksgiving ! <| sep |> Same , that ' s what I ended up choosing . <| sep |> Nice try , I know you just took the image from the game and removed the name Mike from it ! It would be impossible for you to model that to Scott ' s perfection . Right ? Right ? ! sgoodjobasusual <| sep |> Aretha Franklin did 911 <| sep |> As someone who practices shotokan and has bad knees , I can totally relate . Yeah , our stances are low and it can be tough on the knees . I use a copper joint elastic knee brace every time when I ' m working out . I would highly recommend you do as well . I can tell you from experience that the lower stances dramatically help with everything basics , kata , and kumite . I ' ve been working on getting my stances lower over the course of my practice almost a year now and it ' s definitely come a long way . Like others have said , listen to your body . The instructor should never force you to do something your body can ' t do . Any decent instructor will recognize the potential for injury . You just have to make sure they know about it beforehand . For example , I don ' t sit on my knees because of my issues . I let the instructor know day one because my dojo is very old school and holds tradition extremely highly . They were totally fine with it . I sit cross legged when I bow in and out . Your knees will get better with time as long as you don ' t push them too hard . You can learn the basic forms and katas with a slightly higher stance and still get great benefit out of training . Once your knees get better you can lower those stances and get a whole new experience out of your training . Lower stances , louder kiais , more focus . It ' s all good .