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WELCOME TO
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THE SHODAN
GRADING
JULY 7th
& 8th 2000
This year's
group is affectionately known as
"The Y2K
Bugs"
THIS IS
THEIR STORY IN PICTURES
The
comments contained in red are words from the poem
that can be
found on this site entitled
"A
Black Belt Grading"
Ready
"to
test their bodies and their minds for hours they must
drill"
Barry Norman doing Bassai
Dai - no one works harder.
"knowing
that the sweat that flows is governed by their will"
Bill Camden doing Bassai
Dai - powerful and strong a tribute to his dedication.
"success
is what their training breeds - it is written in their
creed"
Tim Trytten, Cathy Quinn,
and Dan Quinn in kiba dachi
"and
memories of classes past are dreams on which they feed"
Susan Stephen good kime and
posture while doing Empi.
"for
Shotokan is what they do karate is their art"
Christina Dixon, Susan
Stephen, Barry Norman and Cathy Quinn - a hard earned
rest.
"the
seconds tick, the minutes pass, the hours seem like years"
Seniors doing bunkai
demonstration for Bassai Dai - film crew to the right.
"could
those who watched appreciate their hope - their pride -
their fears"
Cathy Quinn doing Bassai
Dai.
Christina Dixon a blur
while doing a kiai in Empi.
"kata
next - mo ichi do as if they're in a trance"
Michelle Aune on the move
in Heian Godan - proof that a winner never quits.
"the
rank and title that they seek they claim through years of
strife"
Tim Trytten focused at the
start of Bassai Dai.
"some
glance at those they struggle with benneth this summer's
sun"
My son Sempai Curtis doing
Bassai Sho for his Nidan grading.
"the
lessons that their sensei taught are planted in their
heart"
Sempai Curtis breaking
boards - two down - one to go.
"he
asked - they gave - a fair exchange, he is a master of
this cast"
Sempai Curtis and his
partner Sempai Derek Lowe during their self defense
routine.
"the
test would last just hours though their training spanned
the years"
Happy graduates celebrate
with their mascot.
"more
than friend they're bonded now for all their earthly life"
All wet and still smiling
Me and a wonderful group of
friends at the end of a memory.
"now
age may dull their memory - their youth God will take
back,
but forever
they are Sempai's now who've earned their belt of black"
Sue and Cathy through the
tunnel and into the light
"the
look it says without your help, I never could have won"
At the end of the grading
Barry's gi says it all - thank heaven it's over
"and
when their gradings over a sweet silence fills the air
four mute
walls a testement to what they had to bear,
the lights
are off the door is locked to open once again
when others
seek to follow them and walk this road of pain"
THE END
Part the
clouds - see the way.
"The
objective of karate-do is to contribute to the evolution
of the
human spirit through physical and mental training."
Sensei
Peter Lindsay
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