Must be mad - 4th kyu grading coming up.

[KarateK]

Hmm - grading for my 4th kyu coming up Sunday the 17th!!! Arrgghh

Now I am about 6 weeks or so out of hospital from the arthroscopy and subsequent discovery I have completely torn my cruciate ligament. Yes I maybe mad but Im going to give it a go.

My two katas plus any other lower grade kata as decided on the day.

3 sparring sessions

Ushiro-geri and crescent kick against a pad

Lunge punch and urachen-uchi against the pad.

Then 2 set combinations out of a possible 12 as decided on the day. Sixteen stance comination pre learned.

Then 2 pre-learned combinations.

I am expecting lower than my normal marks but I will be so chuffed if i get through this!!

[ashworth]

good luck i'm sure you'll do fine!!

[bushido_man96]

Good luck to you, Kirsty! Just remember, go as hard as you can while still keeping your knee safe!

[KarateK]

Cheers all Will let you know Monday how I get on!

[Shotokan-kez]

Woohoo go for it Kirsty, your brave i give you that much! Good luck

[KarateK]

4th Kyu if you please

Yup I did it - got 65, the average is usually 60 on a grading so am pretty chuffed

Some of my padwork and combinations werent great but wasnt expecting high marks what with my knee.

Was overall a good grading, got a few good kumite sessions in and thats over with for four months now so I can relax a little!!

Celebration at mine lol

Added - Actually I lied, was very dissappointed with my marks, especially as one of the kids got 70. I know I am marked critically by my mum and her partner, and as adults we are critiqued more than the cadets but I had a surge of GRRRRness once I got my marks! The judges came to me afterwards and congratulated me etc but I was dissappointed with myself

[bushido_man96]

Well, look at it this way. You were less than 100%, and still graded slightly over average on the test. I think that is something to feel good about!

Now, you have a lot of time to recover your knee fully, and get geared up for the next test.

Congratulations!

[ArisuTanaka]

Wow you are brave!

Arisu

[Shotokan-kez]

Well done Kirsty!

[KarateK]

Unfortunately Bushido_man my knee wont recover until I have the reconstructive surgery - so I just have to do the best I can. If I have the surgery its nearly 18 months out of action!