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Look what arrived for me at karate this week!

belt

All the way from Japan, with gold embroidery. The short bit is the name of our school, Kenshukai, and the long bit is my name in katakana, or as close as you can get ('Arisu Doraiden', according to Japanese-reading friends on Twitter).
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Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 at 10:23 am | | Leave secret message | 22 secret messages | Share

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le_loup_peint

VERY cool!!! 😉😎

*hugs*
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 09:41 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

huskyteer

Thanks! *hugs back*
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 05:25 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

braisedbywolves

That is pretty cool!
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 10:47 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

huskyteer

It's too new at the moment - it needs to get a bit scruffed up so it looks more businesslike!
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 05:27 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

allaboutweather

That's really cool!
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 11:10 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

huskyteer

I keep getting it out of my karate bag to look at it :)
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 05:26 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

allaboutweather

I don't blame you. It has shiny calligraphy on it. :)
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 09:59 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

sandman_jazz

Remind me not to get into a vicious arguement with you, the only martial art I know is the ancient Lancastrian art of Ecky Thump...
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 02:44 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

huskyteer

Useful if you come up against a rampaging, supersized kitten!
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 05:25 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

sandman_jazz

That is the reason I learnt it, you'll be surprised how often that happens in Shropshire.
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 07:48 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

poliphilo

Shiny!
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 05:00 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

huskyteer

I'm almost afraid to wear it to class. Nooo, not the belt!
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 05:26 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

schnee

Oh, that's neat! Very stylish, and it also says "I mean business", sorta like how bringing your own custom pool queue to a pool match.
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 05:17 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

huskyteer

I'm a bit worried it also looks massively pretentious! But everyone in our club gets them, and people were asking me where mine was...
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 05:26 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

schnee

One person's "pretentious" is another person's "justified and well-earned display of your skill and self-confidence". It may be showing off a bit, but that's fine — who says you can't do that, doubly so if you've worked hard to earn it?
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 05:33 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

huskyteer

Well, when you put it that way...!
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 06:58 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

melinaswiftwind

Congratulations!
Posted on Apr. 1st, 2016 08:32 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

huskyteer

Thank you!
Posted on Apr. 2nd, 2016 08:14 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

fuzzytoedcollie

Many awesome congrats on the belt and all the years of hard work behind it!!!
Posted on Apr. 2nd, 2016 01:54 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

huskyteer

Thanks, fuzzyone!
Posted on Apr. 2nd, 2016 08:14 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

porsupah

Oh, most cool! It's certainly been well earned - the journey's been quite a few years now, ne?
Posted on Apr. 2nd, 2016 03:48 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

huskyteer

Yes - it was early 2002 when I started, I think. I was told around then that it takes 7 years to reach black belt...well, I got there in the end.
Posted on Apr. 2nd, 2016 05:54 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply