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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 381148" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>That is so important it ought to be an art all itself.</p><p></p><p>Oh wait, that's boxing. Never mind.</p><p></p><p>My shodan "test" for KSR was an actual demonstration of that principle.</p><p></p><p>I don't have any interest in actually acquiring belts. I attended the kendo test because my sensei (who were also dear friends and pretty much adopted my upon arrival in Japan) assumed that I would and I couldn't bring myself to disappoint them. I'd studied at Sugino Dojo (KSR) for almost three years without attending a single test. I just wasn't interested -- I was just having fun learning how to swing a sword.</p><p></p><p>So I know the test day is coming up and I want to make sure I skip practice that day since I'm not going to test so I ask Sensei, "Is the test next week?"</p><p></p><p>Sensei's busy watching some other students practice and just growls at me, "Go practice with the bo. You still aren't doing it right."</p><p></p><p>Fine, alright, don't answer a simple question. I pick up my bo and grab a partner and run through the kata. The day passes.</p><p></p><p>At the end of the day, Sensei announces we're having a post-practice "celebration". I control the urge to bolt (thinking maybe he's been talking with my kendo dojo) and help wash the floor, bring out the tables and cushions, the beer glasses and the sake glasses, snacks and so on. Sensei sits down (he's 94 at this point), pours himself a hit of sake and lights a cigarette.</p><p></p><p>We all sit around the table and there's a few minutes of friendly chatter, pouring beer for each other and so on, and then Sensei announces that a Kori-san has been awarded his shodan. Passes the papers down to me and everyone cheers.</p><p></p><p>The little sneak. His only concern was whether or not my bo was good enough so he watched that run-through I did and decided, heck, he doesn't want to test he doesn't have to. I know how good he is.</p><p></p><p>So I got my shodan anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 381148, member: 812"] That is so important it ought to be an art all itself. Oh wait, that's boxing. Never mind. My shodan "test" for KSR was an actual demonstration of that principle. I don't have any interest in actually acquiring belts. I attended the kendo test because my sensei (who were also dear friends and pretty much adopted my upon arrival in Japan) assumed that I would and I couldn't bring myself to disappoint them. I'd studied at Sugino Dojo (KSR) for almost three years without attending a single test. I just wasn't interested -- I was just having fun learning how to swing a sword. So I know the test day is coming up and I want to make sure I skip practice that day since I'm not going to test so I ask Sensei, "Is the test next week?" Sensei's busy watching some other students practice and just growls at me, "Go practice with the bo. You still aren't doing it right." Fine, alright, don't answer a simple question. I pick up my bo and grab a partner and run through the kata. The day passes. At the end of the day, Sensei announces we're having a post-practice "celebration". I control the urge to bolt (thinking maybe he's been talking with my kendo dojo) and help wash the floor, bring out the tables and cushions, the beer glasses and the sake glasses, snacks and so on. Sensei sits down (he's 94 at this point), pours himself a hit of sake and lights a cigarette. We all sit around the table and there's a few minutes of friendly chatter, pouring beer for each other and so on, and then Sensei announces that a Kori-san has been awarded his shodan. Passes the papers down to me and everyone cheers. The little sneak. His only concern was whether or not my bo was good enough so he watched that run-through I did and decided, heck, he doesn't want to test he doesn't have to. I know how good he is. So I got my shodan anyway. [/QUOTE]
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