Did I defeat the Black Gorilla? 🥋🦍

Hi everyone! Here is my black belt attempt. It's a hot day, so I stayed inside, breathing like a steam engine. But I think all the reps are in, and the form is OK. Halfway through the C&Ps, I managed not to think about all those snatches ahead.🤭 https://youtu.be/sp5chqctiy4?is=uS3XgVFHBeH5J2SZ

I promise I'm still here. Honest, I am! Still no closer to understanding the fatigue issue, but anecdotally it may indeed be low(ish) iron. That aside, I've been using the 12kg Black as my benchmark for ability. I'm pleased to say that I did it in 8:01 this morning, which is 6 seconds off my PB of 7:55 in Sep 2025 (https://www.skool.com/kettlebell-dojo/speed-run?p=f6e50dbf). If I'm being transparent, the breaking of the mirror did _not_ do much for my confidence - no matter how much reasoning/logic I applied to it, so I've been reluctant to jump straight back to the 16. I think I'm about ready to get back on that horse. 😊 Anyways, not much of an update. More an "I'm still here!" type post. 😆

this kumite takes us back to the roots. THE MISSION - how many sings can the dojo collectively do? - every rep from every dojo member counts and gets added to the total. HOW IT WORKS - any swing type counts - hand to hand, single hand, two hands swings - comment below with: 1. the number of swings you did, AND  2. the new dojo total (add your reps to the last posted total) THE CHALLENGE kumite #3 asked the dojo to swing as much as possible in 30 days. the final count was 44k swings. we will now try to beat that number! TARGET: 44,001 reps (yes, one more than last time is technically a win, but let’s not be that dojo 😏) let’s go swing and smash some records 💪

Update: 2 swings missing