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Khan
White Belt
Joined: 28 Dec 2004
Posts: 22
Styles: Shotokan Karate
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 Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:38 am Post subject: Passed grading: 4th Kyu! |
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I made my 4th Kyu today under sensei's Kanazawa, Nobuwaka and Mirawaki!  
I wanted to ask how much harder it is to grade for 3rd kyu than the other belts, because I'm actually quite scared about reaching brown belt. Not failing, but making brown belt and then not being able to progress because I get stuck at brown belt. |
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kurome
Yellow Belt
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
Posts: 44
Styles: Okinawa Kenpo Karate Kobudo
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| Congrats, that's quite impressive. What an honor to be graded under those excelent karate-ka. Usually I think, it is much more difficult to grade at the brownbelt level. I remember my 6th, 5th, and 4th kyu were surprisingly easy, but my 3rd kyu test lasted around 6 hours and was very extensive. It cooled down around 2nd kyu, and 1st kyu still wasn't as hard as my 3rd kyu test. I'm sure my shodan test will be much more difficult. |
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Fairfax_Uechi
Blue Belt
Joined: 10 Aug 2005
Posts: 325
Location: Fairfax, VA
Styles: Uechi-Ryu
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Congrats!!!!
Just keep training hard. If you Sensei is any good he/she will make sure you're ready before inviting you to test. Keep up the god work. |
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Drithen
Yellow Belt
Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 64
Location: Texas
Styles: Bushido-Kai Kyokushin
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I just recently got 2nd kyu, and let me tell you after enduring the 3rd kyu test 2nd was a breeze. Once you experience what to expect you can better train yourself for what is to come
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Kumite988
Orange Belt
Joined: 03 Aug 2003
Posts: 188
Location: U.S.A
Styles: Shito-Ryu
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats to you  |
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PunchPressQueen75
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Joined: 26 Mar 2002
Posts: 4570
Location: NY, USA
Styles: Tang Soo Do/TKD
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My 1st gup/kyu test has been a ... well not easy. I failed once, and I'm in TKD. I'm going to for my retest this month. 2nd gup was easy compared to this test. Congrads, and good luck with the next one.
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Ti
Orange Belt
Joined: 21 Jun 2003
Posts: 191
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| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:24 am Post subject: Re: Passed grading: 4th Kyu! |
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| Khan wrote: |
I made my 4th Kyu today under sensei's Kanazawa, Nobuwaka and Mirawaki!
I wanted to ask how much harder it is to grade for 3rd kyu than the other belts, because I'm actually quite scared about reaching brown belt. Not failing, but making brown belt and then not being able to progress because I get stuck at brown belt. |
kanazawa eh?
I'm in a diff branch, we had him come by a few times.
Im testng 4 this wed.
*crosses fingers* |
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shinnekodo
Orange Belt
Joined: 02 Aug 2005
Posts: 236
Location: Georgia
Styles: shin neko~do goju~ryu
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| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Congrats! |
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gheinisch
KF VIP
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
Posts: 2119
Location: Newnan, Georgia
Styles: Hon-Shin-Do - Shodan
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Congrats and keep up the hard work.
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Isshinryu_heart
Yellow Belt
Joined: 07 Jan 2006
Posts: 75
Location: New Jersey
Styles: Isshinryu, kali, judo
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject: Re: Passed grading: 4th Kyu! |
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| Khan wrote: |
I made my 4th Kyu today under sensei's Kanazawa, Nobuwaka and Mirawaki!
I wanted to ask how much harder it is to grade for 3rd kyu than the other belts, because I'm actually quite scared about reaching brown belt. Not failing, but making brown belt and then not being able to progress because I get stuck at brown belt. |
congrats on your promotion!
I have to say that (at least in my style) 3rd kyu tests are a BIG deal. My test was spanned over about 2 weeks of classes which was extremely nerve-racking as well as exhausting.
You should keep in mind too that your belt is just something that holds your pants up. Rank shouldn't be the most important thing in your training. Making promotions quickly is not necessarily a good thing. You should focus more on your overall training and improvement and leave it up to your sensei to decide when you are ready to move up. Just stick with it and don't get discouraged!  |
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on the post.
