Got My Last Stripe...
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| Wed, 02-01-2006 - 1:04pm |
...last night in HKD. The black belt asked me to lead warm up, for all two of us, while he finished up in the weight room. It was just another guy and I, the same rank. After we went through the warm up, the black belt came in and had us go through a few forms. He got out "the book" in which all of the testing requirements are listed and placed into categories so one knows what one's requirements are for next ranks. He then had us go through specific things, just the parts that we needed to know for next rank. At the end of the run through, which took about 40 minutes, he said that he was going to give us our last stripe and that this is a big step for us, but we've been training faithfully and we've come a long way so we're ready.
There's a black belt testing in June, at which two guys who had previsouly earned last stripe will be testing, and then another one in Oct. I hope we are ready for the Oct. one. Even if, big if, we were ready for June, I would not want to do that since we'll be in FL for a week for T's wedding.
So anyway, it may finally be this year, but in any case, I finally got past that point at which I was "stuck" and earned the last stripe. The next time I test will be the big, formaly black belt testing.


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That is fantastic!!!
That's super news Lorie-- and something your weren't expecting to happen last night??
I'm sure you will be ready by October for the black belt BIG test. Again~
CONGRATULATIONS!!
~IslandGirl
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Wow! What a big step - Isn't it great when all of that hard work pays off?
Thanks, it is great when the work pays off. It was long in coming.
Although I know there's more work to be done, I feel like getting past that last test was like breathing a little sigh of relief.
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