KaratetaraK

Alas!
After more than one year break, not taking into account the miniscule amount of times I have attempted at finding a dojo and practising karate in Japan (doh!), I have finally succeeded and am back in the game!
Or am slowly easing myself into it.
Habib, upon his visit, poured into me a thermflask full of motivation and with minor difficulties I have managed to locate a dojo in Nagoya. It turns out the shihan (sensei) is a sixth dan, going for his seventh this year and the only A class instructor in Aichi, giving away that I have probably found the best dojo in whole of Aichi-ken, at least.
Very pleased with myself on that front. The practical one raises more doubts, I feel like a retard for most of the time; there I come, a black belt with shameful despair in my eyes copying the kyu grades during kata, am the one and out of rather few being corrected almost constantly. Which, in the long run, is actually good, for the second dan exam in spring as well as for the self development and understanding; it only makes me feel, well, ashamed and shy, in fact (do believe me please!!!!)
However I do feel I might still have a chance at becoming the pet student, mostly for having the need to be corrected all the time, which also puts me in the situation where everybody wants to explain things to me and correct me even more. That or the post of a useless blonde nuissance of a gaijin. Hmmm...