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Pictures from my test are up on my flickr site. Here is the direct link.
While it looks like we are the only people on the tatami, there is actually another group behind me. Only two groups of people were tested at a time, the matspace was divided into half for this. Each half was about 12 x 20 tatami. Pretty large as you can tell by the picture.
If there was any doubt that I failed, let it be gone. I was fitted for hakama and new belt today. Plus they dropped the bomb on me telling me how much it costs to register with aikikai..
Continue reading ’shodan follow up’
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The shodan test: shodan is 1st dan, or some translations can mean ‘the first step.’ For the n00bs, this is the first of level of black belt, progression can flow up to 10th dan but usually after you die. Most people probably will never see anything above shodan outside of japan.
Anyways, I had my shodan test on July 3rd 2005. The test took place around 10:25am in HagashiHiroshima at the HigashiHiroshima Undo Koen / Sports Park.
Continue reading ‘Shodan shinza / 初段 新座’
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These are some cool pictures, I am sure a lot of you have seen some of them. Condensation clouds, not sonic-boom soundwaves. Why there are quotes from scripture here I am not for sure.
For those interested in the math, follow this link.
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nvu - web authoring software. For windows, linux and most importantly… osX!
Not a substitute for vi, but it is nice..