The Black Belt Experience (so far)
Just over a week ago, on February 10th, I was promoted to the rank of first degree black belt. To be frank, I'm not sure how much I enjoyed today up until the banquet, probably because I was more stressed/nervous if anything, but once I got my speech out of the way I had a much easier time relaxing the rest of the night. If anything, I'm glad that I got to deliver my speech before performing our demos on stage, that release of tension was what I needed to really enjoy myself while performing. As for the last week or so, I haven't felt too different in terms of classes. In the grand scheme of things, I only had my Monday class switched to Tuesdays instead, and other than that my regular schedule has stayed about the same. Tuesday's black belt class wasn't too different from what I was expecting. We performed DMS up until the end of part 2, and then spent the rest of the class practicing the same four or five moves. It's not as physically intensive as the level 2 ...