Grading time

Post grading day, I remember mine like it was yesterday….got up in the morning like I had just climbed a mountain or maybe carried a mountain. Either way was a very slow moving day. All I can say about it was it’s a great experience to see what is in you, how far you can go when at times you feel like you have to be on empty but keep going forward. Adversity makes us all stronger; just have to have the right mind set and your well on your way. I was always fortunate to have gone through a few days like grading earlier in life which helped shape me leading up to the big day. Everyone can make it, no matter what the circumstance it is always doable. Last night I was out watching the fights with a friend and he asked what it was like at black belt grading, all I could do was smile and say you just have to do it yourself words never do it justice. What do you say, it’s a long day full of ups and downs and at the end all you can do is smile and know you have accomplished something extraordinary.
Sifu Bryant
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