Sometimes I think I must be at least a little crazy. I mean, who in their right mind would plan on competing in a tournament only 4 weeks after testing? Belt testing was on May 30th, award ceremony was on June 3rd, and the tournament is on June 28th. That works out to about 3 & 1/2 weeks to learn my new form & get my free form worked out.

I'm not too worried about the free form. I'm starting with the free form I did as a blue belt last year and tweaking it to bring it up to black belt level.  Like adding a few moves that I've learned since then, or maybe changing some moves completely.  Some of them may speed up to CAT 2 or slow down to 1/2 CAT.  Whatever I decide to do with it, I know that I'll have fun doing it.

It's trying to learn my regular form that's keeping me up late some nights. I think I've pretty much got it figured out, so it's down to the repetition and polishing. I just hope I have enough time to get it polished enough to actually compete.

Maybe I sound like I'm worried about getting it done. Well, maybe I am a little bit. But if it weren't for the challenges I face, life would be no fun at all...lol.