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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
Congratulations! I remember the pride I felt when I recieved my Second Dan (the equivalent to a 2nd degree in Aikido). So much work, but so very worth it in the end. I'm about a year away from my third. What discipline do you train in?
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Kenpo jiujitsu. I will have a three year stretch after this promotion before I'm eligible for Sandan (3rd black).
I'm still trying to get used to the idea that I can do it
at all, much less wear a black belt. It's one of those things that I decided to do because I'd always liked the idea of learning a martial art. I thought it would be fun and some exercise, and maybe I'd learn a couple useful defense skills. But it turned out to be one of those "duck, meet water" things... who knew?
I guess those 39 years of repressed hostility I had saved up were good for something after all.
