przed: (doyle fencing)
przed ([personal profile] przed) wrote2016-06-11 11:48 pm
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Martial Arts Anyone?

Tomorrow (Sunday!) is the end of my black belt training cycle, the day I get my black belt.

Our school calls the ceremony the Black Belt Spectacular. All the candidates perform, doing forms and weapons and self defence techniques. And I'll be doing my musical form.

Curious what it looks like? You can watch it, because the school has arranged to have it live streamed here:

https://livestream.com/TDSMM/BBS2016

The performance is Sunday, June 12, 2:30 p.m. EST.

Hope some of you can take a look. At a guess, I think my musical forms is going to be 40 to 60 minutes in, and I'll be doing various other things with my group. And our instructors, demo team, and higher belts are going to be doing some spectacular demos.

[identity profile] ci5mates.livejournal.com 2016-06-12 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
If I can work out the time zone difference, I will definitely pop in for a look see!

Congratulations on your black belt, its a huge achievement and I'm sure your musical form will be a hit! :)
Edited 2016-06-12 04:08 (UTC)

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-06-12 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
The World Clock can help you with the time zone issue.

I've been rocking the musical form in rehearsal. Now I just have to not panic when I have to do it in front of 300 people!

[identity profile] ci5mates.livejournal.com 2016-06-12 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Good grief, its on 3 am my time, I can't make any promises :(

Good luck not getting stage fright!!

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-06-13 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
They're leaving the video up for a few days. My musical form starts at 1h26m if you want to skip straight to that.

[identity profile] ci5mates.livejournal.com 2016-06-13 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I've had a good look all around that time but I seem to be missing something :( there is a fella doing his routine and then a video about the 140 walk? Is yours before or after the walk vid please?

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-06-13 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
They seem to have adjusted the timing from last night. I'm now at 1h03m.

[identity profile] togsos.livejournal.com 2016-06-12 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
Wow it does not seem so long ago when you were considering doing your black belt training and the potential impact the training would have on your time. Huge CONGRATS and best of luck

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-06-13 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
The impact was huge, but the experience was totally worth it. Thanks for the congrats!

I wouldn't have changed it for the world, but I'll be happy to go back to only doing two classes a week. ;-)

[identity profile] golden-bastet.livejournal.com 2016-06-12 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey - congrats! I'll be wandering around with some friends, but I'll check in later to see if they post the video.

Congrats again! You should be really, really proud of this accomplishment. ;-)

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-06-13 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
The video is up! The whole thing is cool, but my musical form is at around 1h03m if you're interested in seeing that.

[identity profile] dine.livejournal.com 2016-06-12 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
terrific! not sure I'm able to watch, but I hope it goes well, and you dazzle all. good luck

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-06-13 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! They're leaving the video up for a bit if you want to take a look. My form's at 1h03m.

[identity profile] siskiou.livejournal.com 2016-06-12 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

I just checked and it looks like it should start in a few minutes! Will try to take a peek.

[identity profile] dawnebeth.livejournal.com 2016-06-12 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw your performance--you looked fantastic! I am so impressed. The whole show was fun, like a dance routine with jumping, kicking and twirling.

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-06-13 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I've been saying for years that martial arts is a lot like dance, just with punching and kicking. *g*

[identity profile] siskiou.livejournal.com 2016-06-12 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome performance! Your musical form looked great!
My husband and daughter watched to.

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-06-13 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for watching! Of everything I had to do, I was happiest with my musical form. Hope the family enjoyed it.

[identity profile] saintvic.livejournal.com 2016-06-12 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Tomorrow (Sunday!) is the end of my black belt training cycle, the day I get my black belt.
Congratulations, that is fantastic!!!!

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-06-13 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I'm so happy we made it through!