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Jay Lacey's avatar

I'm going for my 4th kyu grading (shotokan) next week.

You've just reminded me the number 4 is kowai desu ;w;

Better learn Tekki Shodan now so I don't stay at that rank for too long

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Anthony 文武両道's avatar

Could be worse. I was number 4 for my 4th dan grading and I need to stay at this grade for 4 years. Lol

Good luck with your next grading. Smash it!

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Patrick Ciccone's avatar

Great article! I feel that failure also teaches resilience, something that is also a great “life skill” to have!

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Anthony 文武両道's avatar

Oh, absolutely. Life hits hard. You’ve got to learn to roll with the punches and keep moving forward. (The sunshine and rainbows speech from Rocky VI comes to mind).

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Patrick Ciccone's avatar

I am not a big movie quote person but this speech is definitely awesome and very accurate!

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