tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981970244841049070.post3712579774648096946..comments2023-06-11T03:15:20.105-07:00Comments on Jiu-jitsu Sensei: Upcoming Shodan Grading for ChrisLori O'Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624273179198028322noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981970244841049070.post-18421399320142965732010-10-26T12:56:51.943-07:002010-10-26T12:56:51.943-07:00Congratulations Chris! A beautiful wife at your si...Congratulations Chris! A beautiful wife at your side and a second black belt... This must be one hell of a year for you. So when do we got to see a picture of the man with his shiney, brand new black belt?<br /><br />ZaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981970244841049070.post-88241879875691449792010-10-24T17:41:50.808-07:002010-10-24T17:41:50.808-07:00I happy to announce that he Chris was successful i...I happy to announce that he Chris was successful in grading to Shodan. :D. He had a number of pretty awesome moments, including a beautiful blindfolded Jiu-jitsu circle.Lori O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624273179198028322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981970244841049070.post-11818737983479099892010-10-24T14:24:05.468-07:002010-10-24T14:24:05.468-07:00So how did he do?So how did he do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981970244841049070.post-34105117281475729322010-10-23T08:30:33.696-07:002010-10-23T08:30:33.696-07:00The clock is ticking chris: tick, tick, tick... Lo...The clock is ticking chris: tick, tick, tick... LolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981970244841049070.post-6518443022726862912010-10-21T11:20:54.087-07:002010-10-21T11:20:54.087-07:00Good luck to you Chris, although you shouldn't...Good luck to you Chris, although you shouldn't need it if you prepared well. Besides you're already a shodan so you should be used to it. I don't know when my grading will be: my partner with whom I've been training for months left his gf and now he can't make it half the time because he has his kids with him. This thoroughly sucks but what can you do? There isn't anyone else I can really rely on so I'm doing my best with the very limited time I have... Too bad the curriculum is based solely on partner exercises and sparring or I would have been able to train extra on my own. We'll see, it's not like a black belt is that important: my skill level won't rise all that much in that timespan and it's already quite high, even if I say so myself. There are more important things in life than martial arts which is still a pasttime, unless you can actually make a living off of it.<br /><br />Break a leg, an arm or whatever... Just leave his neck intact, will you? lol<br /><br />ZaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981970244841049070.post-44228098667001407842010-10-21T10:07:27.087-07:002010-10-21T10:07:27.087-07:00Splinter, do you think that it's worse having ...Splinter, do you think that it's worse having no control over the test that your partner is going through or to have complete control over the test? Since I'm running the grading I have to be the one to put him under pressure, which means I'll go harder on him than I might on others to make sure no one thinks I'm going easy on him because he's my partner. Ugh.Lori O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624273179198028322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981970244841049070.post-86326141824569167552010-10-21T09:58:10.778-07:002010-10-21T09:58:10.778-07:00Because of the way my club runs at a university I ...Because of the way my club runs at a university I dont often get studnets for more than 3 years. Not everyone comes to me as a novice, so I get to tecah at all levels but it actually took me 25 years before I taught a student of my own all the way from novice to instructor. and like your situation she was also my partner. Possible the most tense unbearable afternoon of my life. would rather re-do all mt dan gradings with a blindfold on than go through it again.Splinter - UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981970244841049070.post-50962448559970956812010-10-20T18:29:42.340-07:002010-10-20T18:29:42.340-07:00Good luck Chris. Remember, Blow, Throw, Blow.Good luck Chris. Remember, Blow, Throw, Blow.Cliff Rempelnoreply@blogger.com