Missed opportunity to pinch, should I trim?

[Planta]

So I was not aware that I was supposed to pinch after the first set of leaves. It's only been about a week, should I trim these long branches back to the first set of leaves?

 

[A. Gorilla]

You're good.

Read this:

http://walter-pall-bonsai.blogspot.com/2013/02/refurbishing-japanese-maple-hedge.html?m=1