Saturday August 8th, 2020

Shodan Test

F and I both passed! It was difficult, but also really cool, and so great to see Sensei, his wife (who is another kind of Sensei in her own right) and the other senpais there to test. We all made it through.

Photo from 9/7/2020: my old ichi kyu belt under my new shodan belt; we waited
a couple weeks before our belts arrived. See 9/2/2020 for belt ceremony description

I had help from an earthworm. I’ll explain tomorrow.

We also made it back home to participate in the karate Zoom class.

And I probably spent an hour on the phone (and F, too) with our fantastic Senpai/Sensei who moved to Rochester, NY.

The grandparents bought Vietnamese take-out for the family to celebrate, and that was fantastic and filling.

I cannot stay awake.