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Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.176.105.47
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 03:50 pm:   

Every muscle in my body is aching today - the reason? last night I did my latest grading in Ju Jitsu and I passed!!!

I am now a Black Belt. But after the two hours training session beforehand and the longest grading I've ever had - it went on for nearly 45 minutes (the first move on the black belt syllabus is 25 throws of your choice from any other belt and the examiners made me do an extra 10 on top of those)- I'm in agony. My shoulders feel like they're trying to fold forcibly into my spine and my legs are clearly communicating their displeasure every time I have the audacity to stand up. But I'M A BLACK BELT!!!!

That makes it worth it.
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Hubert (Hubert)
Username: Hubert

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 78.21.23.156
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 03:57 pm:   

Congratulations.
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 75.5.3.105
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 04:11 pm:   

Black, huh?.... Go get a puce one. Then come see me.

(congrats)
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Huw (Huw)
Username: Huw

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 218.168.182.221
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 04:23 pm:   

Are you going to use your martial prowess to beat up Craig every time he insults Donnie Darko, Weber?

Seriously though, congratulations! May I suggest a long relaxing bath?
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Steve Jensen (Stevej)
Username: Stevej

Registered: 07-2009
Posted From: 82.0.77.233
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 04:42 pm:   

Well done, chief, many congratulations! :-)
Excellent work. :-)
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Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.176.105.47
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 04:48 pm:   

>>Are you going to use your martial prowess to beat up Craig every time he insults Donnie Darko, Weber? <<

I don't need to. I just tie a twinkie bar to the tail of a local cat outside his house and the poor sap near kills himself trying to climb a tree to catch it.
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Stephen Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw

Registered: 03-2009
Posted From: 194.32.31.1
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 04:52 pm:   

Congratulations Weber, now you're an even scarier dude!
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Simon Bestwick (Simon_b)
Username: Simon_b

Registered: 10-2008
Posted From: 194.75.171.106
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 04:58 pm:   

Congrats Marc!
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Mark West (Mark_west)
Username: Mark_west

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.39.177.173
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 05:04 pm:   

Well done, Weber
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Stu (Stu)
Username: Stu

Registered: 04-2008
Posted From: 86.29.184.29
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 05:10 pm:   

Congrats, Weber. What style of Ju Jitsu do you practice?
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Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.176.105.47
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 05:19 pm:   

They just call it Ju Jitsu. I know it's not Brazilian style but our Sensei does show us some of that from time to time.
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Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.176.105.47
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 05:30 pm:   

Thinking about it, it does say on the certifticates but they're all at home and it's a long chinesetype word with not enough vowels in it.

If I remember on Monday i'll tell you
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Zed (Gary_mc)
Username: Gary_mc

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 81.96.240.106
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 05:52 pm:   

Blimey, Weber - well done. Seriously, I know how tough something like this is to achieve.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 82.3.95.168
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 05:53 pm:   

Ye still a big pussy.
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Carolinec (Carolinec)
Username: Carolinec

Registered: 06-2009
Posted From: 82.38.75.85
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 06:06 pm:   

>>Ye still a big pussy.<<

I bet you wouldn't say that to his face now though.

Seriously, though, very well done Weber.

I once somehow managed to get a yellow belt (the very first one) in Aikido. But that was only really because I was going out with the instructor at the time. Anyway, I'd better not go into that ...
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Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.176.105.47
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 06:27 pm:   

Actually today, most people could say what they wanted to my face. it hurts too much to move.

Just means I'd have to take names and addresses so I could track them down when the pain subsides.
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Frank (Frank)
Username: Frank

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 213.158.199.97
Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 06:37 pm:   

Weber - well done, mate. Seriously, no jibes or anything. Like Zed said, I know how hard it is to achieve. I did judo for 7 years, mind you it was as a kid/teenager. Hated every minute of it. Still, it helped me out at school. My mum used to teach karate, and watching her go through what you had to do is seriously inspiring. Congrats.

PS: You are still dead wrong about Phantasm (; Sorry, couldn't help it.

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