Two Gold Bars
The black belt gradings were supposed to be 12 September, then they were postponed to the middle of November. Lockdown v2 put paid to that and we were all expecting they would be put off until the new year. Then last Monday I got a call asking if I was free today.
The black belt gradings finally happened. The first degrees went in at 9am and came out just after 1. We were in for an hour and a half and the threes were still in when we left at 3pm.
It was a very different grading from usual. We did the first part, with the basics and combinations all together, then they split us into 4 smaller groups and the grading examiners rotated round asking us to do different techniques.
We couldn't spar or do lots of big movement, but we covered all the things that we've never been graded on before. At the end Master Ogden said they were happy with our performance, so I'm taking that as we've all passed. I haven't had a phonecall to the contrary, which is another positive sign.
It's sad that we couldn't go for a drink afterwards to celebrate, but when we finally have the presentation ball, it's gonna be a good one.
Tomorrow we are back to proper classes and learning blue syllabus for the March grading. This entry was originally posted at https://hooloovoo-42.dreamwidth.org/2049762.html. Please comment there using OpenID.
The black belt gradings finally happened. The first degrees went in at 9am and came out just after 1. We were in for an hour and a half and the threes were still in when we left at 3pm.
It was a very different grading from usual. We did the first part, with the basics and combinations all together, then they split us into 4 smaller groups and the grading examiners rotated round asking us to do different techniques.
We couldn't spar or do lots of big movement, but we covered all the things that we've never been graded on before. At the end Master Ogden said they were happy with our performance, so I'm taking that as we've all passed. I haven't had a phonecall to the contrary, which is another positive sign.
It's sad that we couldn't go for a drink afterwards to celebrate, but when we finally have the presentation ball, it's gonna be a good one.
Tomorrow we are back to proper classes and learning blue syllabus for the March grading. This entry was originally posted at https://hooloovoo-42.dreamwidth.org/2049762.html. Please comment there using OpenID.