First grading

[Joppe]

I had my first grading last friday. Shotokan. It went well.

I graded from 10 kyo to 8 kyo.

I was nervous and made some small mistakes in the beginning of the kihon test (mostly because the nervousness) but the kata and kumite went great.

I got good fedback. I need to improve on the kombination of relaxing and kime. Relax when I should relax, and use power when I should use power. I tend to be too tense in the body all the time

It was a good experience and I learned much

[gronis]

Congratulations. You must have done something right since you skipped 9th kyu:)

[wagnerk]

Cool, congrats.

All of that will come in time

[sensei8]

Congratulations on your 8th kyu...well deserved...fells good, huh?!?!

[mal103]

Congratulations, although I am no longer a fan of double grading unless you have put in the time and couldn't attend the last grading. Or maybe have already trained and are being accelerated up the ranks.

I have seen a lot of my students get double graded but they have not turned out well, especially after skipping essential time doing basics. A few I have taken back to basics and held them back until their skills caught up.

[bushido_man96]

Congrats!

[tallgeese]

Congrats! Nice work!

[Patrick]

Congrats Joppe.

Patrick

[Zaine]

Congrats Joppe!

[Archimoto]