If I were a board...I would just break if you looked at me like that! Looking mean.
After 40 something breaks you have to dig deep. It is surreal watching the video now. You go into that test wired. Our Black belt testing starts at 6:30am when the sun rises, our Grand Master's tradition. By the time you get to the breaks your mind is in another place. Then we end with sparring multiple opponents. I got home thinking I would be exhausted instead I was on such a natural high.