Test passed!

[ironphoenix]

I passed my shodan (first-degree black belt) test in aikido yesterday, after about 15 years of practice! I'm still in Montreal for day 2 of the seminar where the tests are held, feeling a bit stiff and sore from the 5 hours of practice yesterday; it'll ease up once I get back on the mats and moving, and I have tomorrow to recover.

Comments

[xiphia.livejournal.com]

Does this mean you get to wear the spiffy black pants now? :p

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

My fancy-pants for aikido will be indigo... the presentation will be next Monday.

The fancy-pants I wear for kenjutsu are black.

[xiphia.livejournal.com]

The critical point is that you now get fancy-pants, woo! :D