My grading 4 8th Kyu - Feb 26th!

[Blade96]

well just got back from shotokan - my date's been set for us me and friends to grade!

Sensei said i need to know:

Seiken zuki - Jodan, chudan and gedan

Gedan barai, chudan uchi uke, chudan soto uke, jodan age uke, shuto uke

Kata - Heian Shodan

Class was funny tonight.....fluffed my gyaku zuki while doing it (i know it but still messed up lol)

after class we have to sign the attendance book. Sensei said 'No one escapes' I, joking around with him, said 'Can I escape?' He looked at me and said "you can". Then wrapped his arm around me (i get a hug every class from my senseis who i consider my friends) and he said Now you go home and practice for your grading

sensei's hilarious! I was doing jodan age uke while in stance zenkutsu dachi and he kept bending over and peering at me from under my gi sleeve lol! and I said, giggling, stop it, You're gonna make me choke! cause he had me in stitches!

anyway, I have a nervous excitement, the same nervous excitement I had before my tournament on dec 12 2009. I am not scared or frightened in the least. I always approach tests - and the same with univ exams, with the attitude, I either know my material or i dont. and in this case I do. so no need to be scared.

My NiDan couldnt leave without saying hi to me - we are friends as well. and my brown belt friend complimented me on my soto uke ....said I was quite good.

I could use some advice though. so I have 2 weeks remaining as a white belt. Any advice you nice folks can give me here between now and then would be greatly appreciated!

~ Blade ~

[Throwdown0850]

well just got back from shotokan - my date's been set for us me and friends to grade!

Sensei said i need to know:

Seiken zuki - Jodan, chudan and gedan

Gedan barai, chudan uchi uke, chudan soto uke, jodan age uke, shuto uke

Kata - Heian Shodan

Class was funny tonight.....fluffed my gyaku zuki while doing it (i know it but still messed up lol)

after class we have to sign the attendance book. Sensei said 'No one escapes' I, joking around with him, said 'Can I escape?' He looked at me and said "you can". Then wrapped his arm around me (i get a hug every class from my senseis who i consider my friends) and he said Now you go home and practice for your grading

sensei's hilarious! I was doing jodan age uke while in stance zenkutsu dachi and he kept bending over and peering at me from under my gi sleeve lol! and I said, giggling, stop it, You're gonna make me choke! cause he had me in stitches!

 

anyway, I have a nervous excitement, the same nervous excitement I had before my tournament on dec 12 2009. I am not scared or frightened in the least. I always approach tests - and the same with univ exams, with the attitude, I either know my material or i dont. and in this case I do. so no need to be scared.

My NiDan couldnt leave without saying hi to me - we are friends as well. and my brown belt friend complimented me on my soto uke ....said I was quite good.

I could use some advice though. so I have 2 weeks remaining as a white belt. Any advice you nice folks can give me here between now and then would be greatly appreciated!

~ Blade ~

uhh.. what?

Also, sounds like your pretty much ready for the test but besides that I have to ask, do you care more about the rank/belt? or your skill level to defend yourself?

[Blade96]

uhh.. what?

My gi sleeve is so big it covers up my face when i raise my arm for age uke. so he'd bend down to look under it so he could see my face. Just a joke though. Dont attach anything to it throwdown he was teasing me about my gi sleeve. cause the other white belts havent got big flowy sleeves on their gi's.

Also, sounds like your pretty much ready for the test but besides that I have to ask, do you care more about the rank/belt? or your skill level to defend yourself?

any one who says they dont like rank is lying! lol So of course i like rank. But the belt means something to me on a personal level, because where i was born with a balance problem, and people all my life - and family was the worst ones- who said the only reason i could succeed at anything was because of my brain and I'd never do anything physically (like play sports or sing, etc) In 2008 christmas my mother while out for a family reunion embarrassed me in front of my relatives by saying my balance was so bad i couldnt even get a job in a restaurant cause i couldnt even carry a cup of coffee across a room. I was furious. To put it mildly.

so for me I see the belt as a chance to prove all the naysayers wrong. because completing first level of training means that I will be succeeding and learning how to defend myself. My skill level is what is important to me - if I pass that means I've completed that level. and im learning self defence. learning shotokan. and that is what thrills me most of all. What I want most of all is to learn Shotokan. not belts. Belts are secondary for me. The belt is just something to keep as a reward for completing each level. But it does show the naysayers that they are wrong. Thats what it means to me.

[DWx]

uhh.. what?

My gi sleeve is so big it covers up my face when i raise my arm for age uke. so he'd bend down to look under it so he could see my face.

How big are your sleeves?

Jodan age uke is like a high block right? If its covering your face you either have massive sleeves or the block is too low. If it obscures your vision its not doing much good and it should be higher anyway otherwise any sort of downward attack its going to hit the top of your head before its blocked by your arm.

Anyway good luck for your grading

[Blade96]

Jodan age uke is like a high block right?

not 'like' a high block, it 'is' a high block

If its covering your face you either have massive sleeves or the block is too low. If it obscures your vision its not doing much good and it should be higher anyway otherwise any sort of downward attack its going to hit the top of your head before its blocked by your arm.

Anyway good luck for your grading

lol yeah my sleeves are quite massive, thats why my sensei was making a joke out of them =]

and i agree with lupin, there aint nothing wrong with loving rank and belts. As long as the MA is training for a love of the art and not just so he/she can impress friends with belts and stuff i see nothing wrong with liking rank.

Thanks for the good luck wishes though, you and lupin!

[DWx]

Jodan age uke is like a high block right?

not 'like' a high block, it 'is' a high block

Ah ok cool. I don't do a Japanese style so had to google it... saw it would be the same or similar to a chookyo makgi in my style.

[Blade96]

Jodan age uke is like a high block right?

not 'like' a high block, it 'is' a high block

Ah ok cool. I don't do a Japanese style so had to google it... saw it would be the same or similar to a chookyo makgi in my style.

Is that tae kwon do or tai chi you're talking about?

[DWx]

Jodan age uke is like a high block right?

not 'like' a high block, it 'is' a high block

Ah ok cool. I don't do a Japanese style so had to google it... saw it would be the same or similar to a chookyo makgi in my style.

Is that tae kwon do or tai chi you're talking about?

Taekwondo, that's my primary style, I only did Tai Chi for a couple of years. Besides, neither use Japanese terminology

[Blade96]

Jodan age uke is like a high block right?

not 'like' a high block, it 'is' a high block

Ah ok cool. I don't do a Japanese style so had to google it... saw it would be the same or similar to a chookyo makgi in my style.

Is that tae kwon do or tai chi you're talking about?

Taekwondo, that's my primary style, I only did Tai Chi for a couple of years. Besides, neither use Japanese terminology

i know. Tae kwon do is korean i know, I'm not sure about tai chi. oh, NM. I googled it cause i dont know anything about it. Chinese.

[DWx]

Tai Chi techniques names tend to be a bit more "flowery". Tend to relate the actions to images like "snake creeps down", TKD just says it how it is. Chookyo makgi actually means rising block... anyway I digress.

How many people are grading?