About a week ago, I was promoted to Sankyu. Yay! It was surprising but not surprising at the same time. I kinda knew it was coming. Actually, I wanted to be promoted a lot earlier. I mean, since it took so long, I thought I was never getting promoted. Ha! So, it was really nice to change from a blue to a brown belt. The last time I was promoted was in April 2008.
Well, the so-called "test" wasn't easy. I got some bumps and bruises along the way. My left knee is still aching. It's puffy and still bruised. Noah threw a beautiful and super high Hane Goshi, but I went so high in the air that I basically was landing on my face. Noah held me up after he saw what he did, but beside my face smacking the mat, my knee wasn't so lucky. I hit my knee on the mat right smack dab in the center. Wowee, did it hurt like a b*tch.
I also bruised my right achilles pretty good throwing Sumigaeshi. My right ankle was caught and hit while kicking Noah over. It wasn't my intention but my ankle was stuck. It wasn't too bad, but it swelled up.
Noah admitted to me after the test that he tried to throw me without holding back. He said that if I was going to wear that brown belt that I had to know how to fall. *Gulp* No pressure. Haha!
But, I passed! I'm so happy!
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