Only one (well eleven) belts to go

Had my first grading last night, so I'm now a purple belt. Yeah, it's nice to have a bit of colour on me at last.

Grading was an interesting experience, as I didn't really know what to expect. It was pretty cool seeing the kids get their next belts, and seeing the pride on the faces of the parents. Coolest thing was seeing a four-year old kid doing one of the weapons drills with a pair of escrima sticks that were bigger than he was. Little feller got a hell of a round of applause.

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On completing my first SDS stage the other night, I was given a badge and told to make sure I leave plenty of room on my uniform when I sewed it on as there are 12 such stages to complete.

I feel like I'm back in the cub scouts.