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Must be mad - 4th kyu grading coming up.


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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!!

Karate Ni Sentinashi

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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 :(

Karate Ni Sentinashi

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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! :karate:

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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!

Karate Ni Sentinashi

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