San-dan!

[draconis]

I got the official notification tonight -- I have been promoted to San-dan, or 3rd-degree black belt!

Instead of doing the more traditional one-session testing, my instructor informed me tonight that the test has been going on for the past several weeks without my knowledge. He'd told me and the other senior student (who also passed, but doesn't know it yet ::G::) that our test would be soon, but hadn't given us a date. Tonight he informed me that we'd passed, and he will make the official announcement at class on Thursday. 8-)

Comments

[radarrider.livejournal.com]

My heartiest congratulations. I seem to recall hearing somewhere that, once you get to a certain level, your skills are continually evaluated and promotions granted when your instructors think you're ready rather than as the result of a formal test.