Another Step

I got my red belt tonight, a little unexpected since this isn't usually a class we test in. It's for advanced adults, and we end up trying new things often. I actually expected to do sticks tonight and then test sometime next week. I'm a little off since I don't always hit Thur's class and with our shihan taking Mondays off, I'm left with little chance to test.

He asked me if I was coming tomorrow at the end of class while we were doing abs and I said no, since I have a user group meeting in Denver. So I think he just awarded me tonight. I was supposed to test last week with some others, but I missed Mon and Wed with a sore back and it wouldn't have looked good for me to test on Thur without being there the rest of the week. I did make the Thur class, and a couple others did pass their tests, but I wasn't included in the red form testing.

It's a mixed bag. I think I got cut some slack for working hard, and pushing others, but I haven't really done red form as well as others, so I'm not sure if I skated or really earned it. Not a good feeling.