Today I arrived early for the youth testing; they all did well and then the adult testing started. I was uke for Aiden and Carlos, both testing for 5th kyu, as a warm-up for a my full shodon test. I went through many of the techniques and I quickly became winded when Ken had three uke's attack with a tanto from shomen, yokomen, tsuki, and open. After those ji-waza, I had a three person randori that went well before I went through the first 5 kumatachi and kumjo exercises. I had to reminded what the 5th kumatachi and I need help with the last three jo katas.
In all a good experience, one thing this is very clear is that I am out of shape and I need to get out more. My core fitness is suspect and I started to breath so heavy after the jiwaza and randori that I thought for a second that I would pass out. I didn't but continued anyway Now I feel like I have earned my shodon ranking.
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