……………And the colour was Blue
Time for another blog as I have just past my Blue belt (5th grade) grading. A bit of a quick one to be honest as I went through a lot of thoughts in my previous blog.
Blue belt was a really important belt for me. It feels like finally I am getting somewhere with all the training. Obviously a bit more time left before getting to black but still I am really happy in any case!
Next I feel is a couple of really big steps to take. First 4th Kyu with Heian Godan, a tricky kata to say the least. Lots of small details that I can now concentrate on during the autumn term. Luckily enough I already know the general outline of the kata so I can now concentrate on making it look good. As with everything in life the devil is in the details! I have also decided it is probably a good idea to start wondering about Tekki Shodan. If I can figure out the general bits now over the summer and during the autumn then once I’m up to 4th kyu then I can do the same start concentrating on making my kiba dachi look good!
Kanku Dai also looks really cool so I would really love to start tackling that as well. We'll see first with Tekki Shodan though, its a really crazy kata if you ask me!
The other big thing I need to concentrate on is my speed. It seems to me that once I can crack that big nut then I am really on the way……
I’ve also started realising that now I’ve reached this level, a certain level of quality is suddenly required! No more making silly stupid mistakes! Weirdly enough I’ve also started realising that once you reach any level you start living that level as well. Not sure whether that makes sense to anyone out there, but if it does come and tell me.
So now I’m Blue, I’m basically going to think BLUE!
Anyhow congrats to everybody who made it! And thanks to Sensei Björn for taking us to this stage! I look forward to more ! Thanks to everyone else in the club as well who takes time out to give me and everyone else a hand. I really believe we have a fantastic club, and I am really proud to be a part of it!
Me and some of the gang from Haninge Budoklubb
Have a nice summer everyone!
Richard