Afterwards my sensei said that by half way through the grading, he had decided to only award us black tips (kind of like a half-way mark to the next belt).
But we rallied, somehow, and dug deep enough to scrape through to our orange belt!
So I have a mixture of pride that I did it, and disappointment because I know I could have done better - but regardless, I have my orange belt!!
I have at least 12 months to prepare for my next belt - so I need to practice enough to transfer the knowledge from my head to my muscle memory. Obviously it doesn't stay in the head under pressure :)
I love this photo - this was before round 3 of 4 of 'back-to-back' ground fighting, with about 5 minutes to go of our hour long grading. We all look completely and utterly exhausted! |
I did it!! |
5 comments:
You are amazing. :) Cheering for you still!
Well done! Such a great achievement :))
Congratulations! You've really stuck at it and gained so much. I'm impressed!
Congratulations. You should be proud. The pressure of performing for a test--any test--can be intense. The first time I realized my daughter had inherited my test anxiety was during a belt test in taekwondo. She couldn't focus at all and barely squeaked by. The fact that you rallied and pushed through is an incredible achievement!
Peace and Laughter!0
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