Mundane News

[pawl]

I passed my first ju jitsu grading today.

Yay.

Yellow belt?

 

[Dec66]

Yellow belt?

White to yellow, I now own a white belt with a yellow stripe through it.

It's taken me longer to get that belt that it should have, because I got my ribs broken on my second lesson, then popped again by the sensei doing ground work just after they recovered, then I got back from that and got my left ear ripped off in a freak accident being thrown... But, hey, I got there.

 

[pawl]

White to yellow, I now own a white belt with a yellow stripe through it.

It's taken me longer to get that belt that it should have, because I got my ribs broken on my second lesson, then popped again by the sensei doing ground work just after they recovered, then I got back from that and got my left ear ripped off in a freak accident being thrown... But, hey, I got there.

Well done.Have things changed? When I belonged to my local Judo club about 1959 belts were a single colour If I remember correctly there were two associations AJA and the BMA




I got stuck at green belt level I was becoming increasingly involved in cycling and called it a day

Good luck with your future gradings.

 

[Dec66]

Well done.Have things changed? When I belonged to my local Judo club about 1959 belts were a single colour If I remember correctly there were two associations AJA and the BMA




I got stuck at green belt level I was becoming increasingly involved in cycling and called it a day

Good luck with your future gradings.

It goes white, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, brown, and black, black being 1st Dan.

Then, I don't know, I was fighting 2nd Dans as part of their grading today, which was interesting...

And thanks for the good wishes, hopefully I can get to yellow uninjured

 

[Reynard]

Ah, no surprise about the SPOTY winner.

I voted for the cyclist.

 

[Illaveago]

It is exactly a year since we swapped a baby hedgehog for Georgie . It was a call from the rescue centre about some kittens that prompted us to take a baby hedgehog that we were looking after over to them . It was the third baby hedgehog that we had found over the past 3 weeks . They all seemed to turn up on Fridays . So Georgie is a year and 2 months old .

 

[Jenkins]

Just above zero c this morning whilst watching grandson at rugby training. Muddy, too!
Off to work at midday so I can wave at @Jenkins from across the water in Harwich.

Harwich looks best when covered in mist & fog

 

[Jenkins]

Yet another day of mist, greyness & general dampness. I didn't realise how cold it was until I went out this morning to get food for next week at work and found myself severely undergloved.

 

[tyred]

I think I might possibly be able to persuade myself to have a slice of Terry's Chocolate Orange.

 

[Jenkins]

I think I might possibly be able to persuade myself to have a slice of complete Terry's Chocolate Orange.

Is more like my thinking.

 

[pawl]

Ah, no surprise about the SPOTY winner.

I voted for the cyclist.

And me .Dane Sarah has had a remarkable career internationally as both a para Olympic swimmer and cyclist
I suppose the winner was as the title sports personality of the year.I’m not sure if she will have as an illustrious career as Dame Sarah.It will depend on how well she is managed.We have all seen young promising sports people flatter only to fail due to pressures put on them.Hope she is managed carefully

 

[fossyant]

Need to get out next week and deliver presents. We've not only got ours, but MrsF has had to buy and wrap all the presents for her mum and all the grand kids/great grand kids. House is full of boxes.

 

[Reynard]

Bowl of popcorn and watching Guy Martin's Lancaster

 

[Reynard]

And me .Dane Sarah has had a remarkable career internationally as both a para Olympic swimmer and cyclist
I suppose the winner was as the title sports personality of the year.I’m not sure if she will have as an illustrious career as Dame Sarah.It will depend on how well she is managed.We have all seen young promising sports people flatter only to fail due to pressures put on them.Hope she is managed carefully

Indeed, can't disagree with you there.

I almost voted for Adam Peaty... Was a toss of a coin for me in the end.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I have had an afternoon of sewing, repairing the worn seat of my favourite onesie. Done it with a patch on the inside - the fabric was too thin to just darn the holes.

Now about to sort out an early supper and settle down to watch SPOTY.

I reckon Emma Raducanu will be a shoo-in there.

Sarah Storey would get my vote....if I voted.