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 Post subject: Wish me luck!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 6:56 pm 
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About to start my Black Belt test in Poekoelan- an Indonesian style of martial arts that combines Judo with more traditional Karate/Tai Kwon Do. Test runs 48 hours straight. First 24 is all physical (forms, sparring, push ups, 100 holds in under 6 minutes while blindfolded, a 10 mile run, swimming etc etc). Back half is 24 hours of meditation. In my brown sash test the back half was actually the harder half. This without a doubt is the biggest physical/mental undertaking i've ever essayed.

I'm a little nervous right now...but if I make it through to the far side I'm claiming the martial archetype for myself IRL.

Keep your fingers crossed for me!

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 Post subject: Re: Wish me luck!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 7:06 pm 
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Best of luck Eric!

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 Post subject: Re: Wish me luck!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 7:33 pm 

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Good luck, Eric! I have no doubt you'll pass your test with flying colors.

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 Post subject: Re: Wish me luck!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 8:03 pm 
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And may that colour actually be the absence of colour. . . meaning black. . . in belt form. . .

Yeah, I know it was a walk, but I got there! Good luck!

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 Post subject: Re: Wish me luck!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 8:30 pm 
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Sounds like an intense test, best of luck!

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 Post subject: Re: Wish me luck!
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Good luck! That sounds like a grueling test.

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 Post subject: Re: Wish me luck!
PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:58 am 
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Hope your test goes well! Good luck!

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 Post subject: Re: Wish me luck!
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Best of luck! I hope it went well.

With a sweep of his hat,

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 Post subject: Re: Wish me luck!
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:34 am 
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I appreciate the well wishes! I did indeed pass! The test started...

Sparred a lot. Meditated. Taught classes. Ran forms. Ran more forms. Sparred outdoors at night. Held stances for an hour. More meditation. Swam for an hour. Broke a concrete slab with a hammer fist strike. Saw a play (and tried really hard not to fall asleep!)...

...48 hours later I got my black belt!!!

As we say in Poekoelan: Trima Kassi Banyak (Thank you)

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. . . and Sir Szymon val'Holryn, Order of the Phoenix
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 Post subject: Re: Wish me luck!
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 4:30 am 
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Congratulations!

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