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06-22-2011, 09:19 AM
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Dojo: Seikokan
Location: Zwolle
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 169
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Re: Announced Vs. Unannounced Testing
Gefeliciteerd Dave,
wel je oefeningen doen he?
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06-22-2011, 11:45 AM
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Dojo: Shoryukai, Breda (aikikai) & Aiki-Budocentrum Breda (yoseikan)
Location: Baarle-Nassau
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 348
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Re: Announced Vs. Unannounced Testing
Quote:
Walter Oude Wesselink wrote:
Gefeliciteerd Dave,
wel je oefeningen doen he?
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Ik oefen iedere dag ongeveer een half uurtje
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06-22-2011, 12:47 PM
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#28
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Dojo: Seikokan
Location: Zwolle
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 169
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Re: Announced Vs. Unannounced Testing
Quote:
Dave de Vos wrote:
Ik oefen iedere dag ongeveer een half uurtje
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We should be talking English overhere
Back to training
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06-28-2011, 02:25 AM
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Dojo: Aikido of Evansville
Location: Evansville, IN
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 54
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Re: Announced Vs. Unannounced Testing
Congrats also Dave!!
A couple of weeks ago towards the end of class my sensei sat down on the mats next to the students and then motioned for my sempei to go out onto the mat... Then sensei said my name to go out on the mat. I though ohhh no he is going to test me now? Whats going on? Now way. So I go out and sit and bow to a very grinning uke. Sensei started naming off techniques and I did my best. Then at the end of class he said... Hmm I like pop quizzes. I was soo darn relieved that it wasn't my test. HAHA. Now I have to be on guard because I don't know if what I am doing is a pop quiz or a test.
That next week my sempei had his testing. He knew a week ahead of time about his test. It went really well. After seeing the way it was conducted I am not nearly ready to test now. So no one has talked about it and I have not brought it up for the past couple weeks. I think we should wait for another couple of months.
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06-28-2011, 05:30 AM
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Location: Massachusetts
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 3,202
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Re: Announced Vs. Unannounced Testing
We typically have many weeks' notice. We're a small dojo made up of busy adults, and finding a date that everyone can make is not easy (and there are usually a few people who are short a few hours, too). If you don't block out the date well in advance, it ain't gonna happen.
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06-28-2011, 06:37 AM
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Dojo: Berkshire Hills Aikido
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Re: Announced Vs. Unannounced Testing
I was taught that testing was just another day of training, no more important than any other. It really isn't all about me . I must take care of my uke, relax and do my best just like every class.
We can creat stories in our mind about anything. The truth happens in the moment.
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07-23-2011, 08:08 PM
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Dojo: Aikido Terrey Hills
Location: Sydney
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 120
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Re: Announced Vs. Unannounced Testing
We had a gassuku/grading day yesterday - after the first hour class one of our members was invited to walk with sensei to his car. It made sense later on when he was called on to do his shodan test.
Eek, glad it wasn't me! Though I'm sure the nature of it helped him keep his cool and perspective. (He passed. )
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The world changes when you do.
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08-01-2011, 12:23 AM
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Dojo: Aikido of San Diego, San Diego, California
Location: San Diego County, California
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 335
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Re: Announced Vs. Unannounced Testing
Our test days are about every 3 months, on Saturdays, and announced well in advance so as many people as possible can be there. We you are being tested, you find a mentor to work with, which is a great opportunity to really work out the finer points of techniques, and to get all your questions answered. For most is it a period of more-intensive-than-usual training, which is fun. And on the flip side, as a mentor you get to do the same intensive training, and refine your own understanding by helping your kohai prepare for their exams.
Of course with unannounced testing people could still do the same thing (train harder and help each other, just whenever), but I find the structure, deadlines, and goals useful, personally.
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