Last week I skipped sparring so that I wouldn’t risk getting myself stupidly hurt. Usually I’m fine with the idea of getting stupidly hurt, but this was a special case. I didn’t want to risk having to postpone my test again.

I was supposed to test in November, but in early October I started developing a knee injury that kept me out of class until December. Then I had to spend some time getting back into shape and learning all the stuff that I should have learned during those classes I missed. I felt ready by the end of December, so the first chance I had, I tested.

How did it go?

Pretty well.