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Paul Hooper

Black Belts come in different levels - called "Dans" so you can be 1st Dan, 2nd Dan and so on. Theoretically there is no limit to the dan number you can achieve but practically, the body starts to give out and very few ever get to 5th Dan or higher. Why do I know this? Because I also had a karate grading today. Must be the day for it. I passed but I collected a few bruises along the way. Good fun and I love the physicality of it - it is a great foil to a mentally intensive job. Paul Hooper If you spend your whole life looking over your shoulder, they will get you from the front instead.

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Roger Wright

Black belt is really a starting point - it signifies that you have learned the basics (in my school, about 160 techniques). From then on the belt is designated by degrees, called dans. Between dans there are intermediate levels which indicate within the school where you are in your training. We use bits of colored tape on the tips of the belts to indicate to the teacher which step students are on to assist him in sorting out what to teach each of us in class. I'm testing for the second such step on the way to my 2nd dan belt, which will earn me a second gold bar embroidered on the end of the belt. My teacher has 6 of them.:) "Another day done - All targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly" - Jennie A.

Roger Wright

Paul Hooper wrote: a great foil to a mentally intensive job. It certainly is! And what great fun it is. As a plus, it's also restored the stamina and flexibility I had 20 years ago; I should have started it then! I'm hoping to make it to 4th dan, but having started so late in life that's a really ambitious goal. Still, the benefits of trying far outweigh the consequences of being a couch potato - I intend to keep at it for as long as I can. It's so much more fun than lifting weights and jogging.:-D "Another day done - All targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly" - Jennie A.

Nick Parker

Megan Forbes wrote: What's everyone else up to today? I am at work...again! Finals are all over though. :-D I have a family get together tonight to go to, otherwise, just enjoying the static air of daily office life. :rolleyes: - Nick Parker
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Senkwe Chanda

Preparing to travel down to Botswana for a few days Woke up this morning...and got myself a blog

Jorgen Sigvardsson

Uhm.. is this some southern hemisphere thing? Botswana is north of South Africa (assuming your bio page is correct). You should be travelling up! ;) -- "We shall crush you down to the point, where there is no coming back, things will happen to you from which you could not recover if you lived a thousand years, a thousand years."

Senkwe Chanda

:doh: How embarrassing to be taught African Geography by someone from Sweden! You're right of course, it's just a bad habit I have. Everytime I go somewhere I say I'm goind down to Botswana/Zambia/Zimbabwe/England, etc etc. Woke up this morning...and got myself a blog

Jorgen Sigvardsson

Well, in a sense you are going down. From your point of view, you are on top of the world, aren't you? It's not your fault all earth globes are upside-down? :-D -- "We shall crush you down to the point, where there is no coming back, things will happen to you from which you could not recover if you lived a thousand years, a thousand years."

Gary Kirkham

Grandson's first birthday. :jig: Getting ready for 30 people to show up at 2:00 pm, Federal disaster area declaration at 5:00 pm :) Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks

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Marc Clifton

Megan Forbes wrote: What's everyone else up to today? Took a walk in the woods and beach, went to the hobby shop for some more train track for the train around the Christmas Tree, then got in a fender-bender leaving the parking lot. No one hurt, my car is fine, and the other car has really minor damage on the door and passenger side. I'm happy to finally put those tens of thousands of dollars in insurance payments I've made for the last 20 years to some use! Makes me want to go wreck some more cars!!! (just kidding!) :-D Stupid dent will probably be repairable within my $500 deductible, and my rates will go up anyways. OK, ok, I'll try real hard to shut up now. So, when we came home, we had a yummy dinner and added another loop on the tracks (these are Lionel O guage) that goes around the dining room table. Very cool. And yes, my girlfriend thinks it's great (and of course my son loves it). Marc Latest AAL Article My blog Join my forum!

Megan Forbes

Cool! Perhaps you'll bump into Paul in Gaborone :cool:

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Senkwe Chanda wrote: How embarrassing to be taught African Geography by someone from Sweden! :laugh:

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Gary Kirkham wrote: Grandson's first birthday :cool: Happy birthday to him from a Saffa :jig:

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