2007 Workout #79-80: A good rank test…

We had an excellent weekend workout this week, which set the stage for a great adult belt rank exam tonight. and I elected to arrive around 6 pm and warm up by doing the basic 15 kata, which got us our workout in. I’m glad we did that, because I got the nod to teach the first class with “less talk more action.” So that’s exactly what I did. Unfortunately, my allergies/sinuses were causing some trouble with me keeping my voice, but I made it through.

Interestingly, Sensei gave me some feedback saying that I should change the tone of voice I use while teaching. It seems that I appeared to be barking at the class and yelling quite a bit, which led Sensei to ask if I had a bad day today. Actually, it was quite the opposite! I was having a good day today and a great time teaching the class, I was just trying to keep the energy level high and the pace fast to lead into the rank test. I guess I’ll have to calm down and watch that the next time I teach… I guess its easy to get carried away.

The actual test itself was fantastic. commented that it was almost an all-women test, which is something that I can’t say I remember seeing around here before. got her brown belt (great job!) and we had a batch of other promotions to celebrate about. Its great when we’re a bit overdue for a test because the quality is there when we go looking for it, and it really came out tonight. Everyone should be very proud of their accomplishments and should get right back to training next week like nothing happened!

Providing nobody else dies and my health stays intact, I should be there on Saturday for another good workout!