July

Next week is Venition festival in Charlevoix. We were going to have belt testing this month but with the summer in full swing and people getting busy with vacations Mr. Bruce decided to have belt testing next month. Good, more time for me to go over my requirements for Cho Dan Bo. I will be testing for 1st gup and Cho Dan Bo. Cho Dan Bo is the belt right before Black Belt and usually your required to stay at that rank for 6 months, at least, while training for your Black Belt. I figure this will be my last chance at double testing if at all. Rachel and Richard are going to be testing for their Cho Dan Bo belt also, and they are already 1st gup's.

This week was an intesnse week as far as workouts go. Since last week was a holiday week and there was no class mon tues wed it made for quite the workout getting back into things. Not that I forgot anything but my body seems to like to relax like last week and this week it has been working extra hard. Tuesday Harlin and I both were commenting on when we did folding elbow lock and getting back up we had a rush of blood down to the feet and felt light-headed for a bit. Then on Wed. at the end of class Harlin was working on yudo throws with someone else and landed on his shoulder hard. Hope he only brused the shoulder and recovers quickly.