Four tests
The dojo had a total of four brown belt tests on Friday and Monday. A little bit of a scheduling pile-up, but everything went well. The testees were did great — Friday had ikkyu and nikyu promotions, and Monday had two sankyus — with an entertaining time had by all.
Here are the photos. There aren’t too many, since my digital camera reacts too slowly to be useful in getting action shots. It fires off anywhere from half a second to a second after the button is pushed, leaving me with plenty of shots of the back of the gi:
Unfortunately, there weren’t more shots of the spectator reactions, particularly in the second test. One of Elizabeth’s friends was in cover-your-eyes mode when the knife came out.
The last photo in the set is of a weird bicep bruise I got after Friday. I have no recollection on how it happened, nor can recall any circumstance where a bruise like that would appear. I should start a gallery of weird-and-unexplained-jujitsu-bruises. Beyond that, no injuries on my part except a stubbed toe; the couple of glancing blows across my face over the two test nights haven’t left a mark.