Well today was the big day, over three years of work led to this afternoon and my black belt grading. With all the nerves firing I was still really glad to walk into the dojang today as I was looking foward to leaving all the stresses and strains of recent weeks behind me and just take control of something I had a direct effect on.
The grading itself was great, lots of students on the floor and I can't remember a time when we have had 7 black belts in the room. Come the end it was a relief to hear that Shirley (the other candidate) and myself had been successful, I left with a real feeling of satisfaction and a very throbbing left hand where I had broken a board with a hammerfist, ouch! Plenty of ice later I have a golf ball on my wrist, not great for a long drive up to Manchester but I can't not go into work as I have two new managers starting for me tomorrow. FOr readers of this blog you will know that its business as usual then!
I know it sounds odd but I am really looking forward to getting back into regular training without the added pressure of an impending black belt grading looming. I have already identified some goals that I want to achieve over the next 6 months and I think I will set some for the next 4 weeks, just one or two to keep me in the swing of things. After watching Shirley break with her turning kick I would also like to do the same but at a bigger height, so I will most likely look to attempt to break with a turning kick a week on Tuesday to set a base line and then work for 6 weeks to raise it by an amount I will decide after talking with my instructor.
Enjoyed a nice curry as a little celebration but was missing Shelly as she is still looking after her mum and am looking forward to her coming home in the next few days.
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