Test Complete

Congratulations to Santino Batista, Mike Miller, and TK Porter, as they passed their blackbelt test! Here is a quick view of the days:

Friday day 3: They arrived at my location at 7:30 PM.. got their tents set up and we had the "Bipolar day". Ultimately we watched the Alex Wetherbee memorial DVD which is a difficult thing to watch. We watched it all the way through. It was important for me to show them others have lost students and friends from their Dojo but one must remember how they lived, not how they died. Then we watched the up lifting movie "The Secret". We finally hit the bed at 2:34 AM for only a four hour sleep. Their tents got wet too, so it was good test to see about water proofing.

Saturday day 4: They started at 6:30 AM pulling down the wire fencing on the main fence around the house. We had some other cleaning jobs until our dignitary arrived at 10:30 AM. This gentleman took the class until 3 PM... then I took back over and taught a defender class. Then the ICE night... which one person wasn't allowed in the ICE due to a medical condition. We made it difficult for that one too... ended the ICE night around 10PM. In the sack for a good nights sleep.. then 6:30 Toes on the line...

Sunday day 5: I moved the Testies out to the front and had a very long talk about the arts, our art, and how to teach. We did mostly all mental stuff... until Master Mel LaGasca showed up. He actually flanked out position and listened and took pictures of us from the hill side.. we didn't know he was there.. we are now dead.. smile. He took the class and worked with them... until graduation... where a black belt for their fallen student was received by his widow.

I will have some podcasts from the testies in a few weeks.. after they get over the test!

Master Brusso

New equipment list up for the test people

Here is a new equipment list for the test:

http://www.anjingbanfa.com/Equipment.html

Interview with Master Mel LaGasca

Master Mel and I go back in time to 1980-1982 and the formation of Anjing Banfa. In this interview you will hear about some famous episodes of Anjing Banfa history, some really funny stories, and how we honor as our dead. Learn about Cal Feamster and how he studied with us and our early times at LLNL.

http://asksensei.blip.tv/file/415456/

Also remember we have a test coming up and we need to get all things focused on the event!

Sensei