I came through my sparring test pretty well. I lost both contacts, got a black eye, a jammed left middle finger, banged right forearm, sore ribs high on the right side, a bruise the size of a silver dollar above my right pectoral, and some banged up lips. Nothing serious. I’m told I busted up the other guys pretty well, but by that point my contacts were gone and I couldn’t really see what I’d done to them.

See for yourself, though:

Now I just have to demonstrate everything I’ve learned over the last three and a half (give or take) years in front of my instructor, his instructor, and half a dozen other instructors and black belts of our style.