#wksa

Seit ein paar Wochen nähe ich. Eigentlich kann ich gar nicht behaupten es “wieder” zu tun. Da waren mal einzelne Episoden im elterlichen Haushalt, als die Mutter dem Kind was zeigen wollte. Zumindestens also habe ich schonmal was gezeigt gekriegt. Und die Mutter kann es gut!

Nun, seit ein paar Wochen nähe ich. Ich habe das begonnen um endlich wieder etwas schöpferisches zu tun, mit Spiel- und Gestaltungsraum und einer Portion Größenwahn, womöglich. Die Mutter erbot sich zu unterrichten, die Tochter sagte “danke nein” und wandt sich dem Internet zu. Und fand MeMadeMittwoch und Nähblogger und Sew Alongs und Schnitte (vor allem Schnitte!) und YouTube (auf keinen Fall darf man Youtube vergessen) - und so wurde Kurs aufgenommen und losgenäht.

(Okay! So, I'm back and I am now a KSN! (2nd Dahn black belt) *Is so proud of herself*

In my martial art when we get promoted to black belt, or to a higher rank of black belt, we take part in this huge ceremony called the masters exhibition after one of the tournaments. They start with the promotions to 1st Dahn (JKN) and work their way up.

We get called up by school and then we are individually presented with our certificate of promotion by the grand master. It gets more efficient every year, but each time it's very different. In the summer we had several promotions to 5th Dahn (KJN, The first rank of master) for our school. This time we had a proposal when the two of them got promoted (It was so cute!)

However my stuff got sent in late because of my back op, and because of that my certificate was lower in the pile than the rest of the students from my school and it was too late to sort the order. So I had to go up on my own. I was so nervous! I almost cried when I finally had my certificate and joined all the other KSN's at the side.

After the promotions we then have some of the black belts perform a demo for the friends and family of the promotees and other students.

We also had one of the grand master's sons give us a speech before the tournament began (and I think he mentioned it before the promotions as well) and he said that we are "the Kuk Sool family", and that our fellow students are our brothers and sisters, that our instructors are our big brothers and sisters, maybe even aunts and uncles, and that the competitions are like a family gathering.

I couldn't help but think of the whitebeard pirates when I heard it and I was (and still am) so proud to be a part of such a wonderful thing.

I'm so happy to be back at Kuk Sool although I'm absolutely aching right now after the first two classes of the year!