Nerves in grading.

[Hawkeye]

My nerves still flare up before a grading. Nothing crazy, just anxious to get going. I try to channel that adrenaline into my performance, using it to make my moves stronger and more defined.

[Fish]

During the last grading I did (which was my second), I had to grade in front of the chief instructor of our school. All of the kyu gradings took place in front of him that afternoon - we all had to watch each other grade! So there were dozens of people. I was OK until he called me out and corrected my technique in front of everybody else - which made me extremely nervous for the rest of the test. I passed, but I felt like I had scraped through.

 

Not nice, and I'm not looking forward to the next one. Still, he says that you should know a technique so well that you shouldn't be affected by nerves! I guess there's something in that - after all, if someone attacks you on the street you won't have time to go to pieces.

[aefibird]

Good luck for when you next grade Fish.

 

I hope that you don't have an attack of the nerves again - I know how bad that can be and how it can affect your karate.

[pers]

In a good dojo , students gradually improve their skills of karate and that improves their self-confidence and they learn to relax more while training in order to gain speed and agility ,therefore they will be less nervous the more they train under a good instructer.