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12-07-2005, 10:51 PM
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Dojo: Aikido of SLO
Location: Morro Bay
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Wish me luck
Thursday night I'll be demonstrating for fourth kyu.
I'm not nervous, yet.
The training has been so great I think I'll start training as if I'm always getting ready for a kyu test.
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12-08-2005, 06:44 AM
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Location: swansea wales
Join Date: May 2005
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Re: Wish me luck
good luck please tell us how it went, as i am always told before a gradeing fail or pass you have done well to be able to apply to test.
sure it will be ok.
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12-08-2005, 09:07 AM
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Location: Florida Gulf coast
Join Date: Jun 2000
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Re: Wish me luck
IMHO, if you have been asked to demonstrate, then you already know what you need to know. Relax, breath, get you head out of your own way, and show them what they already know you have. Our thoughts are with you.
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Lynn Seiser PhD
Yondan Aikido & FMA/JKD
We do not rise to the level of our expectations, but fall to the level of our training. Train well. KWATZ!
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12-08-2005, 10:20 AM
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Dojo: Aikido of Petaluma, Petaluma,CA
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Re: Wish me luck
Hey Dan, I'm going up for third kyu tonite as well! Best wishes for a great performance! For Both of us...
Now how did that nikyo go....?
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12-08-2005, 11:18 AM
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Dojo: Aiki Goshin Dojo
Location: Lake Utopia, New Brunswick
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Re: Wish me luck
Good Luck Dan, I agree if your asked to go then it's for a reason. Just preform how you usually do and you'll be fine. Don't let anything get in your head, and keep your uke in the air  .
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Kind Regards,
Derek Gaudet
Goshin Aikido
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12-08-2005, 11:59 AM
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Dojo: Ft. Myers School of Aikido
Location: Ft. Myers, FL.
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Re: Wish me luck
Don't worry so much about passing and failing. If nobody gets injured or killed, smile; it was a good night. 
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"The only difference between Congress and drunken sailors is that drunken sailors spend their own money." -Tom Feeney, representative from Florida 
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12-08-2005, 01:43 PM
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Dojo: White Rose Aikido - Durham University
Location: Gateshead
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Re: Wish me luck
Good luck and just enjoy the moment.
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They're all screaming about the rock n roll, but I would say that it's getting old. - REFUSED.
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12-08-2005, 11:25 PM
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Dojo: Aikido of SLO
Location: Morro Bay
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Re: Wish me luck
I made it in one piece. JO, GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!
I only had two brain farts what's ikkyo? oh yeah. I'm lucky that way. My mistakes were memory mistakes. I just did the wrong techniques.
Sensei just said "and NOW for a shomenuchi IKKYO."
The one thing I did, and I'm proud of adding it, I smiled as often as I could. We had three demonstrations and everyone else was so serious. I made a conscious effort to grin like an idiot.
I firmly believe that promotions are only an indicator for the person demonstrating. These events are milestones for the whole dojo's training. Everyone - whether they are on the mat or not - gets affirmation of their effort.
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12-08-2005, 11:55 PM
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Location: Florida Gulf coast
Join Date: Jun 2000
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Re: Wish me luck
Quote:
Dan Guthrie wrote:
These events are milestones for the whole dojo's training. Everyone - whether they are on the mat or not - gets affirmation of their effort.
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My compliments to you, your school, and your Sensei.
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Lynn Seiser PhD
Yondan Aikido & FMA/JKD
We do not rise to the level of our expectations, but fall to the level of our training. Train well. KWATZ!
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12-09-2005, 01:06 AM
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Dojo: Aikido of Petaluma, Petaluma,CA
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Re: Wish me luck
Thanks Dan! I made it ,too!
I'm still not exactly entering, more like "putting myself on the line" and my footwork needs help, but my technique was good.I knew I was making mistakes when I made them, and kept on going the best I could, so I managed to pull off some pretty good techniques. I got the nikyos that were my downfall on my last test, no notes at all on my suwariwaza, complimented on my shihonage and I remember hearing a "good" somewhere in there...and made it through jiyuwaza without running away once.
It was a good test!
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12-09-2005, 06:22 AM
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Dojo: White Rose Aikido - Durham University
Location: Gateshead
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Re: Wish me luck
Congrats the pair of you, keep up the good work!
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They're all screaming about the rock n roll, but I would say that it's getting old. - REFUSED.
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12-09-2005, 10:57 AM
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Dojo: Ft. Myers School of Aikido
Location: Ft. Myers, FL.
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Re: Wish me luck
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Nick Simpson wrote:
Congrats the pair of you, keep up the good work!
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Ditto. 
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"The only difference between Congress and drunken sailors is that drunken sailors spend their own money." -Tom Feeney, representative from Florida 
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12-09-2005, 12:16 PM
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Dojo: Dale City Aikikai
Location: VA
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: Wish me luck
Where I practice, my Sensei tells that we have already passed the test since he says it is OK for us to test. He says that the test is just a demonstration for everyone else to see where we are in our training. But, it's still hard to keep calm because we are being tested by other Senseis {6th & 7th Dan}.
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12-09-2005, 02:25 PM
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Dojo: Kingston Aikido
Location: New York
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 322

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Re: Wish me luck
Woo hoo! Congratulations to the both of you!
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Karen 
"Try not. Do...or do not. There is no try." - Master Yoda
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