One of the aspects of a black-belt promotion is to write an essay about your karate — Shuseki Shihan gives us a variety of sub-topics to choose from to explore.

I’ll post my yondan essay after the promotion is done next week, but meantime, here are links to my previous three:

My first- and second-degree promotion essays.

“The Place to Find the Way is the Place to Find the People” — my third-degree promotion essay.