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Old 06-15-2006, 04:25 AM   #1
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funny grading moments

Hello everyone, I passed my first grade on tuesday and I had a bit of a funnyexperience during it we were doing randori and the instructor said show me kaiten-nage, which is ok but everytime I do kaiten-nageIalways turn with it to face my next opponent during the randori for my grade the uke's kept attacking with their right hand and soon after a while I started to get really dizzy because it was on the right sde I kept spinning clockwise to face the next opponent itwas really funny I had to stop the randori and stagger over to the wall to stabilise myselfI was wondering if anyone else has any funny anecdotes about previous gradings
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Old 09-24-2006, 02:33 PM   #2
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I know someone who did happo giri with a jo. Are you there Steve?

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Old 09-25-2006, 02:03 AM   #3
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Re: funny grading moments

My taughest grading ever started with sensei reminding us the etiquette for puking and passing out from exhaution on the mat. We knew then that it will be hard. Very hard.

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Old 09-25-2006, 08:00 AM   #4
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In my 1st kyu test, I was a little vague on the tanto takeaways -- I didn't know that the sensei would call the attacks, and I wasn't particularly good with one of them. Anyway, I got hit on the head with the tanto, which made a ringing, hollow sound. I guess my adrenaline was up, because it didn't hurt much.

Other than that, the test was fine.
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Old 10-16-2006, 09:20 AM   #5
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Yes John im here, and sean had to tell sensei bernard when io gopt up to do it this time, Oh the shame of it all

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Old 10-23-2006, 06:08 AM   #6
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seventh kyu grading....forgot that i was mean to be Uke and gave Shite a nice atemi to the bridge of his nose before he could do it to me......

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Old 10-23-2006, 07:41 AM   #7
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Re: funny grading moments

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Yann Golanski wrote:
My taughest grading ever started with sensei reminding us the etiquette for puking and passing out from exhaution on the mat. We knew then that it will be hard. Very hard.

Yann, what is the etiquette for puking and passing out? I'm very curious.

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Old 10-23-2006, 09:30 AM   #8
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I know in our org the puking bit is the same as the bleeding bit, if you think that you can get off the matt before it begins then try, if not use the Gi

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Old 11-03-2006, 04:16 PM   #9
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I once saw a man's pants fall to his ankles during his juyuwaza. It caused quite a stir!

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Old 11-03-2006, 08:49 PM   #10
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I once saw a man's pants fall to his ankles during his juyuwaza. It caused quite a stir!
I saw a local Tae Kwan Do instructor lose trou in the middle of a demo once too....
It takes a lot of aplomb to snatch up your pants with one hand and clutching them to you - continue to kick and break the targets.

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Old 11-03-2006, 09:19 PM   #11
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I was told that in the 'AAA' if one die during grading you're automatically promoted to 10th Dan. Even if it's a kyu grade testing. .

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Old 11-04-2006, 10:11 PM   #12
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That's sick!! (uhh...for those of you that are not in the now...sick means cool.) Late.
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Old 11-05-2006, 05:33 AM   #13
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a friend told me what his sensei told him when he did judo
you bleed on to mat (or make any other kind of mess) you clean it up
you make a clean patch on the mat, you clean the whole mat
you make the mat stand out because it's a different colour, you clean the rest of the mats
apparently only one kid ever bled on the mats
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Old 11-06-2006, 01:51 AM   #14
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That's sick!! (uhh...for those of you that are not in the now...sick means cool.) Late.
Does that mean you call 'call in cool' at work?

If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid.
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Old 11-06-2006, 08:45 AM   #15
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Does that mean you call 'call in cool' at work?
Remember, the point of this kind of vernacular is to piss off and confuse parents. It serves no other purpose, really.

The Aikido approach to dealing with it would be to learn and accept it so that you undermine your kids' ability to speak in code. I do this to my daughter all the time and it really annoys her. But it also allows me to be the overprotective dad that I need to be.

On Topic: When she started Aikido it was my idea. She took to it immediately. So I decided I should attend one of her promotions. This was a big deal because of my work commute, but it turned out to be worth it.

Perspective: She was eight or nine and small for her age.

Randori: Sensei doesn't like some of the randori's he's seen so far and tells the uke's to "knock-em-down" if they don't execute the throw.

My daughter's turn: One of her uke's was a tall brown belt who took the "knock-em-down" instruction very seriously. He came at her like a freight train. He hit her hard enough to force her to step back and go down on one knee...

...at which point she executed a near-perfect sumi otoshi sending him flying in a beautiful arc over her head. His face was priceless. He was sure he had her when she went to her knee.

I wish I'd had a camcorder running.

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Old 11-06-2006, 09:05 AM   #16
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I love that version of sumi otoshi!

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Old 11-06-2006, 02:06 PM   #17
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Nah, in the AAA, if you accidently kill your Uke during a test, you have to take falls for all testing until the next candidate kills someone by accident. If you die during your own test, the test committee helps you find your center by doubling your body over, tying it with your last rank obi, and stuffing you in a trash can at the nearest Karate McDojo.

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Old 11-15-2006, 06:19 AM   #18
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My first grading (5th Kyu) I was sitting and waiting to be called up. There was an open door behind me and a draft coming in. I got so worried that my feet were going to fall asleep that I got over my worries about my test. When I was called up I didn't fall flat on my face but I did get the wrong line to sit down on. Actually i did that at the start of my 4th Kyu test as well, I took that as a hopeful sign. When you start worrying about the ettiquet of the situation somehow the techniques seem less scary.
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Old 11-16-2006, 04:33 PM   #19
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Its funny how doing something wrong (or getting really close to it) can make you relax for the rest of the grading. in my 3rd Kyu (yes John the one with that thing i did with the jo) sensei called out the attack that uki was to do, in my head the terminology made no sense, so i see Uki comin at me and just cut and moved into him, next thing i know uki flys off the matt and im still standing........it was about then that i understood what the attack was meant to be

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Old 11-23-2006, 01:48 PM   #20
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[quote=Steve Mullen]Its funny how doing something wrong in my 3rd Kyu (yes John the one with that thing i did with the jo)
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Old 11-23-2006, 04:49 PM   #21
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I feel so happy right now.

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Old 12-13-2006, 03:31 PM   #22
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Ok best thread ever!!!

It's not too funny but my grandmother flew out for my shodan last year but it was in the morning so my parents (not morning people) got her to the dojo late. She had missed pretty much the whole test, but just as the randori part was about to begin I saw her slowly walking to the dojo. How we do randori on a test is that nage bows to his/her ukes when ready to begin. I didn't want my grandma to miss any more so I pretended to need to catch my breath until she was seated. I guess I'm not a good actress (I usually never need to catch my breath) everybody was laughing by the time I bowed.
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Old 12-13-2006, 04:26 PM   #23
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2nd kyu grading this weekend just gone; was asked for tsuki irimi-nage (aka coat-hanger for those at home) and went into total brain meltdown. I tried to do some very strange variations and ended up giving up because I couldn't think of it.

During the jiyu-waza I performed it five times without thinking. Go figure
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Old 12-30-2006, 03:08 PM   #24
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Sean, you came up with the answer yourself. When you don't think hard about it, it just happens (assuming you have practiced it LOTS).

Mr. Miyagi said it best: "Your best karate still inside... Time to LET OUT..."
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Old 12-31-2006, 11:28 AM   #25
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Mildly Amusing.
During higher ranking (2nd kyu and up) tests, My sensei usually waits for the nage to throw two (or more)ukes at the same time to end the test. During my shodan test I was having such a good time and enjoying the movement, that i was doing my best to not perform this feat (either that or the stinkers were trying to make me go longer..) However, at one point one uke attacked with a yokomen, and while redirecting that attack, a second yokomen came from the opposite side. It seemed (to me at least) the most natural thing in the world to join the to ukes together. They seemed a bit confused to suddenly be hugging each other, but I guess sensei thought that was close enough to a double throw, because while the whole dojo was laughing, he called an end to the test.
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