cdunn
2nd Black Belt
I tested for cho dan yesterday. Sabomnim appears to not, particularly, believe in the 'torture' type test, rather, knowing that you've already earned the rank, is just giving you a chance to break down and fail it under the stress.
Still, my everything hurts. There was a lot of it, and unlike the gup tests, no rest between portions of the exam to rotate ranks out, until the history portion of the exam, so we had a brief breather between everything else and sparring / breaking. It was fun. I made all my breaks, even though I overcommitted to the jump spinning back kick, and nicked my temple off the floor on the landing. Kind of sad they didn't make me do more boards, but, with no second attempt, I can appreciate not having to knock over a tree.
I'll get a letter in the next few weeks informing if I passed or failed. Whee.
Still, my everything hurts. There was a lot of it, and unlike the gup tests, no rest between portions of the exam to rotate ranks out, until the history portion of the exam, so we had a brief breather between everything else and sparring / breaking. It was fun. I made all my breaks, even though I overcommitted to the jump spinning back kick, and nicked my temple off the floor on the landing. Kind of sad they didn't make me do more boards, but, with no second attempt, I can appreciate not having to knock over a tree.
I'll get a letter in the next few weeks informing if I passed or failed. Whee.