Passed Red Belt test!

[lulflo]

I just tested with a couple of friends in Payson, AZ. I am now a half black sash! It was a great test too! Just wanted to fill in those who may be intersted.

Farang - Larry

 

[terryl965]

Congrats and time to start training again

 

[The Kidd]

Awesome! Keep up the good work.

 

[crushing]

Congrats and keep on keepin' on!

 

[MA-Caver]

Congratulations! Keep up the good work!

 

[lulflo]

Thanks for the support. You're right! Time to start training again. Will the madness ever end? Two or three days of eating whatever I want is my reward, then tomorrow it will be back to the grind.

Farang - Larry

 

[Kacey]

Congratulations! Enjoy the higher level of training as you start to prepare for the next test - black belt!!

 

[shesulsa]

Heh heh heh. Congratulations!

Good luck! Good training!

Farang

 

[exile]

Well done, Larry! Have my own red belt test in TKD looming in January, am dreading it (of course)... take pleasure in your success, and then...

`... back to the makiwara!' :wink1:

To answer your question: the madness never ends. I half suspect that's one of the big reasons we do this stuff....

 

[lulflo]

Good Luck Exile.

I will share a tactic I used - for what it's worth anyway. I just kept saying out loud over and over again. I am calm. I am relaxed. I would then take on the breathing of a calm and relaxed person and it would in fact bring me to a calm and relaxed place. Then from there, I would add in other phrases like; I am prepared, I am ready, etc.

Farang - Larry

 

[tshadowchaser]

Congrats on passing your test

 

[exile]

Good Luck Exile.

Thanks, very much, for the kind thought, Larry...

I will share a tactic I used - for what it's worth anyway. I just kept saying out loud over and over again. I am calm. I am relaxed. I would then take on the breathing of a calm and relaxed person and it would in fact bring me to a calm and relaxed place. Then from there, I would add in other phrases like; I am prepared, I am ready, etc.

Farang - Larry

I really do believe that this kind of deliberate self-reassurance works---I've done it a few times in the past, and without a doubt it helped---the trick is to remember to do it!! Thanks for the reminder. I am definitely going to try to practice that technique when the time comes.

 

[bydand]

Congratulations!!

 

[zDom]

Congrats!

 

[Drac]

Any achievement by a member of our family is of interest..CONGRATS!!

 

[MJS]

Congrats!! Keep training hard!!:ultracool

Mike

 

[kosho]

Enjoy the feeling, nice job
steve

 

[Miles]

Congratulations!

What did you have to do for your test? What do you have to learn for your next test?

Miles

 

[shesulsa]

Let me know if I can be of any help, Larry.

 

[IcemanSK]

Way to go!