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

[resonant.livejournal.com]

Hooray!
5 hours is a lot to do all at once!

[metawidget]

Congrats; that sounds grueling! Enjoy the sore, the recovery and the achievement.

[xiphia.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! Congratulations!!

[khall.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. That is a major accomplishment. It is so odd how...we do these things and then...90% of the world doesn't care. If that makes sense. It's like the store clerk and your boss and the guy walking down the street should all know. Should be told. But...that would be weird. Which is weird to me.

K.

[oni-neko.livejournal.com]

Congrats! enjoy the rest of the seminar and Montreal in general.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Woot! Congratulations!

I have a dumb Aikido question for you: How much practice do you get against people who have practiced offensive strikes/grapples before reaching your current stage?

[ragnhildr.livejournal.com]

Yay! Go you!

[anvil-rage.livejournal.com]

Congrats, my friend!!

[j-v-lynch.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!