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Passed my Aikido test today...

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March 11, 2023, 11:02 PM
kkina
Passed my Aikido test today...
Some of you know that I enrolled in an Aikido dojo 4 years ago at the ripe old age of 60. Today at age 64 I managed to pass my senior brown belt test. In another year I hope to be ready for an attempt at shodan, first degree black belt.

Sorry for the grainy vidcap...


Ushiro-zuki by kpkina, on Flickr


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March 12, 2023, 12:10 AM
G-Man
Outstanding at any age, but at 64 it's truly incredible! Congratulations!!
March 12, 2023, 01:19 AM
Aeteocles
Nice work, congrats!
March 12, 2023, 01:20 AM
konata88
Sugoi. Omedetou gozaimasu.



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March 12, 2023, 01:30 AM
Sigfest
Congrats kkina!
March 12, 2023, 01:34 AM
Ogie
Congratulations! I took Aikido many years ago. It was/is my favorite martial art.
March 12, 2023, 04:05 AM
Rey HRH
Congratulations!

I know aikido, karate, jiujitsu, and several other Japanese words.


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March 12, 2023, 05:45 AM
signewt
Congratulations.
March 12, 2023, 07:27 AM
bigpond73
Congratulations! Quite the accomplishment.

I also took aikido many years ago. I used it extensively in my bail enforcement career. If there was a dojo anywhere close for me, I might consider getting back into it.


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March 12, 2023, 08:29 AM
irreverent
Wow! Congratulations!


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March 12, 2023, 08:45 AM
P-220
Congratulations.

Best of luck as your journey continues.


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March 12, 2023, 08:46 AM
hberttmank
Congratulations!


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March 12, 2023, 08:54 AM
GCE61
That’s an awesome accomplishment, congratulations!
March 12, 2023, 09:33 AM
Ronin1069
That is fantastic!

I took up Aikido many years ago, when Steven Seagal was all the rage and I regret not staying with it.

I now at 53 years old, I figured maybe it was too late to get back into it.

Thank you for posting this, I have to check this out again.


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March 12, 2023, 11:10 AM
BRL
That’s a serious accomplishment which requires great dedication. Going to the Shoran level will be like going from a nice 1911 to a finely tuned full custom 1911.

I achieved brown/double black stripe in my younger years which the next belt would have been black but with career and family changes I lost my ability to dedicate the time and focus. One of my greatest regrets in life. If I started back up now, which id love too if I could, id have to train in a diaper. Maybe there’s a style where I can earn a black diaper?


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March 12, 2023, 11:13 AM
TMats
Good for you, kkina


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March 12, 2023, 11:14 AM
Bob RI
Congratulations! That is a great accomplishment!
March 12, 2023, 11:18 AM
kkina
I would be remiss were I not too include a pic of me practicing for the test the day before, during which I managed to take a bad fall resulting in a picture-perfect face-plant.

Here I am post face-plant undergoing emergency fermentation therapy...


Beer Therapy by kpkina, on Flickr


ACCU-STRUT FOR MINI-14
"Pen & Sword as one."
March 12, 2023, 11:26 AM
BRL
All these years I’ve apparently been doing beer therapy wrong.


I am not BIPOLAR. I don't even like bears.

March 12, 2023, 11:28 AM
Greymann
おめでとうございます！
(omedetō gozaimasu!)

Congratulations!

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