Osu!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Sensei Tohyama for allowing me to take the grading, and to everyone of you in the Tohyama Dojo for your heartfelt support.
To be honest, I had to think over whether I was really up to taking the grading when Sensei Tohyama first suggested so. Though I was going through a hard time of my own, trying to balance my job, family and Karate, with some concerns I had to cope with over my health, in the end it came back to me that 'No or Cannot' is not an option in Kyokushin Karate.
I was not completely confident, but with the help and support