How Big Nick got his Brown Belt in Judo and Jujutsu

[bignick]

Mostly, just an oral exam...

Sensei: "Nick, you were a brown belt in tae kwon do at one point weren't you?"

Nick: "Yeah"

Sensei: "Do you still have it?"

Nick: "Somewhere, probably...."

Sensei: "Why don't you just start wearing that instead."

Nick: "How about black belt instead?"

Sensei: "KIYAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!"

Nick: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...................ugh...." (rolling on the ground, moaning and crying sounds)

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Everything except the last three are true....or are they?





No they're not



So my advice for those that become very nervous for rank tests, just wear the same rank for two years until your instructor gets sick of seeing it around your waist.

 

[Jonathan Randall]

Mostly, just an oral exam...

Sensei: "Nick, you were a brown belt in tae kwon do at one point weren't you?"

Nick: "Yeah"

Sensei: "Do you still have it?"

Nick: "Somewhere, probably...."

Sensei: "Why don't you just start wearing that instead."

Nick: "How about black belt instead?"

Sensei: "KIYAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!"

Nick: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...................ugh...." (rolling on the ground, moaning and crying sounds)

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Everything except the last three are true....or are they?





No they're not



So my advice for those that become very nervous for rank tests, just wear the same rank for two years until your instructor gets sick of seeing it around your waist.

Congratulations! I had the same history as you, although the order of the arts was reversed in my case. Now you can teach grappling as well as striking. When I began Judo in the early 1970's it was common for brown belts to conduct classes.

 

[arnisador]

That's a low-key promotion for sure!

 

[bignick]

Thanks, yeah...it really caught me off guard!

 

[dubljay]

Hey congrats!

 

[JAMJTX]

Congratulations Nick.

That's the same way I got my Shodan in Judo - a "field promotion".

Jim Mc Coy

 

[mj-hi-yah]

I'm sure you earned by working hard all the time! Congrats! artyon:

 

[jfarnsworth]

Congrats, man.
:uhyeah: :asian:

 

[Lisa]

Way to Go Nick! Congrats.

 

[Ceicei]

artyon: That deserves a big cheer!!! Congratulations!

- Ceicei

 

[bignick]

Thanks again, don't you all wish your tests were so easy. Kinda puts a new slant on McDojo's and just "handing out promotions" huh? :ultracool

 

[shesulsa]

Aaahh, traditional promotions ... lackluster but satisfying! :ultracool

Good job, Nick! artyon:

 

[bignick]

Ok, was somewhat mistaken...filled out the paper work tonight and sensei promoted me to a nikyu, instead....sankyu - ikkyu are all the same color belt, hence the confusion....in my style of jujutsu there is no 4th kyu because of the connection of the number 4 and death...so we go from 6th kyu (white), 5th kyu (Green) to 3rd, 2nd, 1st (all brown), and Shodan, etc....

Maybe it's just all a scam for more money, since I had to pay him $16 for the promotion to 2nd kyu instead of the $15 for 3rd kyu...:idunno:

 

[Rich Parsons]

That's a low-key promotion for sure!

If the instructor "tests" you each and ever class, then the formal test is just that, a formal test.

Congrat Nick. nice way to walk (* or should I say roll *) into that one

 

[bignick]

Thanks, Rich!

If the instructor "tests" you each and ever class, then the formal test is just that, a formal test.

Honestly, it stroked my ego a little bit...stuff like that always makes you feel good. But I made an offhand comment about the lack of a test to my friend and he just looked back at me and said, "No, that was the longest test of your life...". He really was right...

 

[arnisador]

Usually they avoid 'shi' by using 'yon' instead. In any event, congratulations!

 

[bignick]

Usually they avoid 'shi' by using 'yon' instead. In any event, congratulations!

That's how it usually happens...but even then I think there is still probably some superstitions involved....

 

[Makalakumu]

Usually they avoid 'shi' by using 'yon' instead. In any event, congratulations!

I especially avoid using shi with dans....nobody likes to be shidan.

 

[bignick]

I especially avoid using shi with dans....nobody likes to be shidan.

:uhoh:


That was bad...really bad

 

[arnisador]

It took me a minute, but now...groan!