Registration Complete!

Lesson today and I have officially decided that I want to test my Bronze Moves on June 7th per Christopher's suggestion. I told him what I've decided and he said he wanted to see the entire test before he gives me the go ahead to actually register for the thing.

Perimeter Power Stroking - My main issue with this is staying true to the axis. If I can just focus on that, I think this move will be okay. I just have to even things out a bit. He also made a small adjustment to the backward crossovers at the end. He would like me to do 3-5 back crossovers all the way around the dot on the opposite lutz corner. Make it BIG .

Power 3 Turns - The first time I did the move I did 3 lobes down and 4 lobes coming back. Christopher reminded me that "power" doesn't mean "quick" so it's okay to expand things out more as long as I push. Keeping this in mind, the second time I did it, I was able to get 3 and 3. He would also like me to be a little less timid going into the second half of the move (the end pattern). I'm "walking" into it when I should be going in with some more speed and power. That will give me the momentum I need to get the 3 lobes on my bad side.

BX-BO Edges - He seemed pleased enough with these. He reminded me to really push into the extension at the top of the lobe.

Circle 8 - He was generally okay with this as well. My LFO circle is still my weakest but I'm getting around consistently on it and it's not entirely awful. He told me to keep my extended foot lower. I was extending it out too far.

Five Step Mohawk - He would like to see neater feet and I have a tendency to rush getting into the next lobe such that I'm not entirely finishing the previous one. I think the metaphor he used was that I'm that person who is cutting people off in traffic because I'm in such a rush to get to where I'm going. So, I just need to make sure I'm taking my time and really finishing off each lobe properly. I also need to start the move with a properly shaped lobe. I went in a bit at an angle. Follow the hockey circle all the way around. He didn't say anything about me being scratchy on the 4th step so maybe I've succeeded in correcting that problem.

So, overall, I still have some polishing up to do but it's mostly minor stuff. I'm just cleaning things up a bit to make them more presentable. He gave me his blessing to go ahead and register for the test so that's what I did! I'm taking this test on June 7th! Yikes!!!