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 class, but considering the physically intense stuff is supposed to be done at home anyway, this makes sense to me.

That this week didn't feel too different. I am feeling a lot less stressed then the last few weeks after the banquet, an I feel I've had a greater success at the start of this year tracking my acts of kindness throughout the day, but other than that it feels quite similar to before. And, I mean, it's not like putting a black belt around my waist is going to make me some sort of superhero, I would say it's more of the mentality of having it there in the back of my mind, knowing that that's what I have achieved, might change my decisions in the future for the better.


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