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WELCOME
TO :
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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