My First Grading™

So, the big day is next week: not much of a hurdle, in theory, since it’s leaping up to a yellow belt, but I still have to display that I’ve learned something in the last wee while; I did a practise run last night: o-goshi, tai otoshi, seoi nage, a throw of my choice (tomoenage, my personal favourite throw); muni gatame, kesa gatame, kuzure gatame, kami gatame, and yoko shiho gatame; any two arm bars, from which I chose ude garami and juji gatame; and finally, a couple of strangles, again of my own chosing—kata juji gatame and okuri eri jime.

There were also some questions but they were pretty easy (What’s the hall we’re in? What do we practise on? What’s the order of the belts?).

Given that I’m still having a bugger of a time remembering the names of some of the hold downs, it may not be as easy as it ought to be. Time for some cramming.