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Saturday, June 11, 2005

I'm still in one (bruised) piece!

Testing went real well. I had trouble with my power breaks and didn't jump as high as I would like on the kicks (i.e. as high as Ethan) but everything else was awesome! I got to fight both the Mr. Murrays, Mark from Owasso, and Mr. Burn. twice. Plurals were especially fun. I got complimented on all the fights for being a dynamo and combinations. Brittany was my dummy for the sweeps and I kinda surprised her at first. "I was defintely in the air." I had trouble with the kaiten geri and low kani basami but I'm pretty sure I passed.

Isaac got complimented on his kata by mr. Murray. I didn't get to see his techniques but his self defenses had real power and he went through his boards 'as easy as cutting a cake' as he said.

Naomi's technique and self defenses were spot on. Hannah and Caleb Ar. were the only other green belts testing and they had been taught some things wrong but it worried Naomi that maybe SHE had it wrong but she stayed on course. I didn't get to see much of her fights but I heard she did good. Breaking was brilliant.

Joshua passed the techniques definitely and I got to experience intensity and power as the self defense techniques dummy. ;) He had to hit his power breaks a couple of times but got through those. He had all black belts for his plurals and gang defense and did quite well. They almost got pushups! I didn't get to see his back-to-back fights.

Ethan did everything with flying colors except for the distance tobi side (too many steps) and kaiten geri (couldn't remember it).

That pretty much sumps it up except for all the funny things that I will tell after I take my shower.

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