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**expomeHattePe** · 10-05-2007, 02:27 PM

Does anybody have any strange superstitions before gradings?

Superstitions? No.

Rituals? Yes ->

1. Not practicing the night before

2. check my shinai

3. get my large tsubas out (8 cm leather tsuba for practice, 9 cm plastic tsuba for shiai, because the sound is different when tsuba is struck)

4. get out the big shinai bag (my regular shinai bag only holds 2)

Some folks eat katsu-curry or katsu-don as dinner before as katsu is the kanji for "win".

10-05-2007, 02:27 PM	#29
expomeHattePe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 428 Senior Member	Does anybody have any strange superstitions before gradings? Superstitions? No. Rituals? Yes -> 1. Not practicing the night before 2. check my shinai 3. get my large tsubas out (8 cm leather tsuba for practice, 9 cm plastic tsuba for shiai, because the sound is different when tsuba is struck) 4. get out the big shinai bag (my regular shinai bag only holds 2) Some folks eat katsu-curry or katsu-don as dinner before as katsu is the kanji for "win".
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