Testing Thursday

[sirdarksol]

I'm testing for yellow belt (first test of Yamashita-style Shorin Ryu) on Thursday. The thing I'm most concerned about is the order/naming of maneuvers. It seems like every martial arts style uses the same names for kicks, but changes around which kick has which name. I also have to remember the order that the first ten self defense moves come in.

[disgruntled]

that is excting! do you find that you are as nervous as when you tested for the first time, or have you noticed a big change in how anxious you get?

i thought it was neat that for my black belt testing (which was a big test and i had taken a break from MA so it have been a long time since i tested) i was not nervous. i was just excited because i thought it would be fun

i would wish you luck, but i know you don't need it.... let us know how it goes.

[sirdarksol]

I was a lot more nervous before I found out that I don't have to test on a kata that I haven't been fully taught yet. Kind of an odd concept to test when I don't know everything, but the dojo only holds tests once every four months or so. My "success" will be dependent on me later learning the kata. I still won't be able to progress in knowledge until I have sufficiently learned the kata.

[Hatori]

Best of luck mate - Hope you knock em bandy!!!

[sirdarksol]

I did it. I am now a yellow belt. I found myself panicking yesterday (partly because I had forgotten one of the kihons, which are simple kata).

However, my panic was largely unnecessary. I was expecting far more out of myself than sensei was expecting, it seems. (kind of makes sense, since I was a blue belt in another school, so I was holding myself to blue belt standards.)

[disgruntled]

congrad!! i am glad it all worked out

[Hatori]

Nice one Mate - Well Done!