Most nerve wracking MA test?

[Hudson69]

What was the most nerve wracking thing you have done in the martial arts?

 

[Omar B]

Without a doubt my Seido black belt test. I tested at 11 so the rest of the group were pretty much adults except for my friend Murphy. It was about 3 hours of heavy calisthenics, then every single technique from day one onward including katas and short form self defense techniques.

The of course Murphy and I passed, but as is tradition we could not get our belts till 16, so we got a nice black stripe on our brown belts for a few years.

 

[Big Don]

The drive to my Black Belt test. Two hours in the car, with the six smart asses giving me crap all the way. I was a wreck.

 

[Sukerkin]

I feel for you, Don. Teasing is just what you don't need when you're already under stress .

For me, I would say that probably the hardest MA test I ever did was for my White Sash in Kung Fu. I'd never taken a martial arts test before and the unknown is ever the thing we fear the most.

 

[Stac3y]

I'm sure my black belt test will be (it's at the end of this month.) So far, though, it was the test where I got a gallbladder attack during the pushups. It was excruciatingly painful. I think that was my green belt test. Ugh.

 

[terryl965]

For me it was not a test but a demo I had to do for about twenty G.M's that was on a board, I knew all but three and I did not feel anything I was going to do would be to the standerds they all had. Even though I personally trained with five of them, at the time I was around 28 years old.

 

[clfsean]

My first class with my CLF teacher. Without a doubt. He put me in a sei ping ma (level horse stance) for 45 minutes & told me if I stood up to go ahead & leave.

A close second would be my first lion dance for him.

 

[Balrog]

Walking on to the floor for the first time.