Red Warrior's Journal: Red Warrior has gained a level....

I took my purple belt test tonight.

It was planned that I would take the whole day off to relax, have lunch with my old coworkers, and prepare. The Army had other plans. Still got the lunch, though. :-)

I passed, needless to say[1]. I was already exhausted, and not at my best. But I did well enough. *I* would have thought twice about passing me. I felt way off my game. OTOH, I've been ready to test for a couple months now.

And, as a matter of fact, Red Warrior DOES need food badly right now. G'night all.

Only a truely crappy instructor would invite you to test if he hadn't decided you were good enough to pass. Only a truely crappy student would ask to test if the instructor hadn't made it clear they were ready.

Cool

[siliconvortex]

Congrats. I'm probably going to be testing sometime this spring myself. For sure by the end of the year at the latest. Have to see how injuries go and how much time I can put in.

I find it fun to look in the mirror and see this new person wearing this new color, for about a week. Then you realize that the same people are still kicking your butt because they're getting better too. Then it's back to sweat, blood, and seeing stars.

S.V.

Just Realized Something

[cyranoVR]

In the first Slashdot photo contest, you were the guy in the jee kicking a target/dummy/thing right?

Re:Just Realized Something

[Red Warrior]

Nope. I didn't do the first photo contest. I think that was Mouse Potato.

cool!

[ceejayoz]

did your hitpoints go up?

Re:cool!

[EvilLiberalGuy]

glad i wasn't drinking anything. would have spattered it all over my new laptop.

Re:cool!

[orkysoft]

Somehow, I doubt RW will voluntarily let someone test if his HP has increased, but perhaps he would be willing to demonstrate his new feat?

Congratulations, I don't know much about martial arts, but I'm sure it is quite an achievement, and something to be proud of!