Saturday 27th March, 2010!

Today I had to wake up early, as I had my Karate grading. I woke up at half eight, and had my breakfast. I was a little nervous, but raring to go. At half nine, having gotten ready, we picked ip my friend. We arrived at Caernarfon Leisure Centre at ten past ten, twenty minutes before we had to practise. At half past ten, having already seen our other mates training themselves, and annoying them, we had our training. My freind and I got to stand together, and did a few things together. The training was hard, and I was tired after half an hour. It gets so hot in there, and the floor is slippy as everyone goes sweaty. After an hour, we finished, and had forty minutes to spare. We had a drink, and then we snacked on crisps, sweets and chocolate with one of our mates outside. At ten past twelve, we made our way in, and found a bench to sit on. We were mucking about, pocking it other. Then, the white belts started their grading. My friend was a red belt, and so didn't have that long until her grading. Sure enough, after twenty minutes or so, it was her go. She did well, and got everything right. I had a little wait till my grading, being a yellow belt. Oranges finished, and I waited for my turn. I wasn't in the first group, so got to watch them. They were doing a few things differently, so I was practising the moves while sitting down. Then, it came to the Kumite (fighting). I watched, and realised that the moves were in a different order to what I had learned. My instructor came over and told me what I was meant to do. I was furiously practising, and slightly panicking, hoping I would get it right. I wasn't in the second group either, so had extra time to practise. Then, came the third group. they were all grown men, and I was a little girl on the end. It started off well, with me being the quickest of them all, which I was happy about. Then came the dreaded Kumite. I was paired up with the man next to me, a taller and bigger man. I frantically went over the moves in my head, and got all the way through it perfectely, without even showing I had only just learnt it. Grading over, I went and sat down with my freinds.
We all moved up to a little room, and both me and my friend passed. So she is now an orange belt, and I am a green. I have no idea about my other mates, as they are higher grades, so they grade after us, and after we have gone up to receive our certificates.
We dropped my friend off on the way home, and I had some well deserved food. I went on Twitter not long later, and then watched some telly.