Two hugely exciting things have happened since my last post
1) I got my blue belt
2) Easily trumping the first one -"we"are pregnant!!
I received my blue from Shihan (and Eric Paulson) on December 11th 2011, I was stoked, partly for the accomplishment, partly because I was glad to get rid of that Gameness White-belt that-never-stayed-tied-once.
An exciting end to an exciting year. Both roads ahead are scary and not well lit, but I will persevere.
Enjoy the pics
Mike
Congrats! Pretty cool to get it from Erik Paulson: your instructor is affiliated to him, presumably?
ReplyDeleteAlso, am I right in assuming you say 'shihan' because you have a background in a more formal Japanese style, or does your instructor actually tell you to call him that? :)
Erik is a Rigan Machado blackbelt, so he's in the machado family...
ReplyDeleteAnd yes "Shihan" is a Shihan in Karate... it was how he was introduced to me.
Thanks for the congrats!
Mike