My shodan / black belt test at the Yoshinkan Aikido honbu dojo in Ochiai, Tokyo, Japan. Geoff and I didn't make the best of training partners. His injury and our size difference made for some awkward techniques. However, thanks to the pressure of the test day, we pushed through and all came good.

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