In the course of describing events at October’s ISKF National Karate Tourney in San Francisco, Sensei mentioned that there were competitions in both katas and, for those over forty-four, katas at the “senior level.”<\/p>\n
Another yellow belt in my class — who has a daughter only a few years younger than Katherine — exchanged looks with me. “I’m not old enough,” she said, echoing my own thoughts, “to be in a senior competition.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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