Finally attained 2.dan in Judo

Yesterday, I attended my 2.dan examination in judo at NJJK’s dojo in Oslo. I picked up my uke Tord at the trainstation in Drammen at 0845, and headed to the capitol.

There were several candidates for examinations this day, 3 of us aimed for higher dan, and 6 for shodan.

Me and my partner were no.3 in the order, and eventually performed my katas, both the Nage no Kata and the Katame no Kata, as tori, and after every candidate had shown their katas, we had to explain the part of uke, and demonstrate our understanding of the dynamics involved.

After everyone had given their presentation, there was a longer recess, where there was time to get some food and drink into our system.

When we eventually started up again, we where called in to the examinations comitè and got feedback on our performance so far, luckily, I did well enough to continue my examination.

After some more waiting, it was finally my turn to show my stuff, but it was a short demonstration. Obviously I did a pretty good job, bechause after about 10 minutes or so, the comitè called matte, and I was done.

After what seemed an eternity, we got the results of the exams, and now, I hold 2.dan in judo, and I am a happy man