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mamadebI am now an ORANGE BELT!
We had a make up class today, and Master Brian took advantage of that to have an belt ceremony for those of us with stripes on our belt. It meant that Rikki and I, the two religious married ladies present, had to wear head coverings plus skirts over our uniform pants, but who cares? I'm an ORANGE belt! And since I got it at the beginning of the class (we could take off the hats and skirts when he left), I had the entire class as an orange belt!
Orange belt is pressure points, so I can now cause actual pain.
:)
We had a make up class today, and Master Brian took advantage of that to have an belt ceremony for those of us with stripes on our belt. It meant that Rikki and I, the two religious married ladies present, had to wear head coverings plus skirts over our uniform pants, but who cares? I'm an ORANGE belt! And since I got it at the beginning of the class (we could take off the hats and skirts when he left), I had the entire class as an orange belt!
Orange belt is pressure points, so I can now cause actual pain.
:)
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Date: 2003-10-24 09:10 am (UTC)*runs away very fast*
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Date: 2003-10-24 09:20 am (UTC)I can put force behind the Sorcerer's Apprentice whip. :)
Thanks!
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Date: 2003-10-24 09:10 am (UTC)May you go from strength to strength. :-)
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Date: 2003-10-24 09:21 am (UTC)Amen. :)
Congrats!
Date: 2003-10-24 09:11 am (UTC)Shabbat shalom! Maybe I'll load up my crockpot tonight... damn, do I actually have any beans? Hrmmm. Shopping before home.
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Date: 2003-10-24 09:33 am (UTC)I have a long way to go, though, and hopefully by the time I make it to gray, they will have all female "improvement" classes. Otherwise, I'd have to talk to a rabbi about what I can and cannot do in a mixed class. The one woman I know of on that level is taking them with her husband, so she can spar with him as well as any woman present. I wouldn't have that option.
Meanwhile, I'm thrilled beyond measure to get ORANGE.
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Date: 2003-10-24 09:19 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2003-10-24 09:52 am (UTC)So, actual pain, huh? I'm suddenly glad that we're friends. *g*
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Date: 2003-10-24 09:59 am (UTC)Actually. I demonstrated the cool new thing I learned today on
Apparently, he's more sensitive at that particular point (the pressure point just above the elbow) than I am. And I have strong hands.
So. I have to learn to be careful. What a thought.
And. Thank you!
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Date: 2003-10-26 10:44 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-24 09:59 am (UTC):)
The little smiley after that statement is... unnerving.
I'd say you were enjoying this too much, except that I think you're actually enjoying it just right. :>
Congratulations!!!!
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Date: 2003-10-24 10:06 am (UTC)My friends who preceded me to orange found the whole idea to be off-putting. They didn't mind getting the pressure themselves, but they were afraid of hurting the other person, so it was difficult for them.
I seem to be going the other way. I don't want to cause pain, but I want to learn to do this right so that if, God forbid, I'm in a situation where it's necessary, I will know what to do and be able to do it.
Which means I can't be afraid of this now.
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Date: 2003-10-24 10:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2003-10-24 11:01 am (UTC)Strong Mama!
Date: 2003-10-24 10:45 am (UTC)You deserve to be very happy & proud!
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Date: 2003-10-24 11:02 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2003-10-24 01:02 pm (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2003-10-24 02:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-25 03:53 pm (UTC)Thank you , sweetie!
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Date: 2003-10-24 05:29 pm (UTC)Although I am a lowly white belt in aikido yet, I was there when the sensei showed us a couple of pressure points on the forearms in the intermediate class, though we're told not to rely on them.
The one just about the elbow... is that the nerve that can be flipped over the bone? My sister and I used to pinch each other there as kids to mutual annoyance. :-> (Discovered by accident hitting one's elbows against things, probably.)
Again: congratulations, and keep kicking ass! :-)
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Date: 2003-10-25 03:56 pm (UTC)And thank you!
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Date: 2003-10-26 07:03 pm (UTC)(and that pressure point above the elbow is, I believe, your radial nerve. It's a place I learned in my self-defense course as a place to hit if the assailant grabs you by your wrist - hammer-fist him to that pressure point, a nd it's likely that he'll be forced to let go.)
Congratulations!
nS
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Date: 2003-10-26 08:01 pm (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2003-10-26 10:51 pm (UTC)Congratulations. :)
All I ever got to was yellow + green stripes. Can't remember any of it either. ;)
Wonder if I still got those pictures around here...
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Date: 2003-10-29 01:39 pm (UTC)I have no idea how far I'm going to go with this. As far as I can, I hope.