Grading!!

I finally got the chance to grade earlier today!

Even though in the very early parts of the session, I really hurt my index finger on my right hand (It's currently strapped to my other fingers. Typing is fun), I still made it to the end of the session, without stepping out of the session at all.

I know this is silly, but I didn't even let sensei know until I was off the mat. Ain't nothing stoppin' me from getting a belt!

My finger was injured in a very silly way. Wrist releases. I was uke for another  jitsuka. When the applied the very simple and low-risk technique to release the grab, my finger got caught up and twisted in their gi, resulting in a lot of snapping noises.

I feel like I'm picking up silly injuried, but I'm healing faster, and the injuries are becoming more minor each time -- I feel like I'm becoming more resilient.

In the end, despite my occasional complete lack of intelligence (Arm lock 2 for a tall person, anyone? I know it, I just kept on going wrong), and the injury, I was awarded my Yellow II belt. Hurrah!

I found the grading a bit strange, since it seemed like one of the guys looking to go for his orange lost control, throwing a bottle into the face of one uke, cutting his face. After that, he did it again in his V. He, surprisingly, did get his orange belt.

I managed to convince my other half to feed me a really carby meal last night, to fuel me in the grading, which I think worked like a charm. At the end of the 3 hour session, I walked away chipper and able to do more (excepting my finger injury). Mmm, so much spaghetti bolognaise was consumed ^.^

In celebration of me passing a grading, my other half cooked me a jacket potato and a quorn steak with peppercorn sauce, and a bottle of my favourite beer. It was delicious! So happy!