It is rare for Mr Archer to give doubles, especially at a higher grade. I wouldnt know from him personally as I am not allowed to be graded by him as he is my instructor.
My black tag would be in September with the next black belt grading (bar the one 2 months later which would be a bit soon!) would be in april. Mr Archer now has about 7 red and black tag students so there will be a fair few of us doing in April.
Congrats once again, you really did do well!! Might see you at the region comp in a few months!
alicart_89 wrote:
Aww, that would be well cool if we both did our black belt together. How long have u got til ur black tag grading?
A black belt told me that it was an even bigger compliment for me to get a double promotion because Mr Archer doesnt believe in it! I couldn't believe it when he told me!
the standard warm up is 30 press ups, then sit ups, star jumps, back extensions (which i cant do), with 7-10 laps between each, then same again with 20, then 10. Then it changes every week- normally depending on how much we have annoyed Ms Mulgrew! (we once made the mistake of taking the piss out of her bike- it hurt for days
You ended up in warrington when you were heading for sale? I think a satnav would be a good investment!
But you should certainly try the altringham club some time. I know your strength is patterns but sparing such a variety of blackbelts (and there are some skillled lower belts too) does wonders for your sparing. But the warm up is a killer; In work they know not to ask me for anything on Friday mornings!
Things are good thanks! Well done on the double promote!!! Thats very hard to do at blue belt! I am a red belt now as well so i bet we will both do our black blet grading at the same time!
Hope all is good, cheers for the message!
alicart_89 wrote:
Asterix wrote:
Did you take a grading recently?? You didnt go to the mass grading did you?? If you did i hope it all went ok!!
Yeah i did grade. I go to a big one in Manchester at the David Lloyd its a fitness centre.
I'm not sure if thats the one ur talking about or not.
I did really well, i got a double promotion. Am now a red belt!
Hiya; Thanks, the grading went ok and I passed; apart from a complete 'F' up of Do San; started doing Won Hyo instead! Not everyone can do doubles ya'know!
I train at the Altringham club at South trafford college on Thursdays, and the newly started Warrington club on wednesdays.
The altringham club is ran by James Miley (V) so it attracts a lot of blackbelts (Around 7/10!), it makes for a steep learning curve! The assistant Instructors are Emma Mulgrew (III), and Alex Halstead (I) amongst others. Whereas the Warrington Club is the exact opposite; we currently have 4 members, a White belt, yellow tag, Me (blue) and a a Junior Blackbelt.
Though I think this is a bonus - 2 classes like the thursday one 2 days running would probably kill me!
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