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Yes this is late to be put up, but I thought it was worth mentioning. On Saturday, March 5th, I obtained my 6th kyu in Shorin-Ryu Karate Do. It was a very long day - 8:00 am sharp in the St. Thomas Dojo. I was the second person called that morning to demonstrate my katas - Pinan Nidan and Pinan Shodan, and then proceeded to sit on my rump for 2 hours while everyone else presented. This is followed by 2 quick sparring matches (using extremely aching legs). I was happy just to be able to go for this grading in such a short period of time (2 months) and have set a personal goal to reach 5th kyu by the end of this year. Ideally, I'd like to achieve my 1st kyu (black belt) by the time I've finished my Ph.D. - you heard it hear first folks.
That's all for now.
